Sebastian
Meanings
name
- A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
- A town in the City of Greater Bendigo and the Shire of Loddon, central Victoria, Australia
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Etymology
From Latin Sebastiānus, name of an early Christian saint, from ancient city of Sebaste in Asia Minor (modern Sivas, Turkey), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός (Sebastós, “august, venerable, exalted”), itself a translation of the Roman title Augustus.
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