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Sylvester en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /sɪlˈvɛstɚ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sylvester (“woody, rural”) from silva (“wood”); name of a saint whose feast day falls on December 31.

Meanings

1. A male given name from Latin used in English since the sixteenth century.
2. A surname.
3. A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. A city, the county seat of Worth County, Georgia, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Fisher County, Texas, United States.
6. A small town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.
7. A town in Green County, Wisconsin, United States.

Deriveds

Sylvester's formula · Sylvester's theorem · Sylvester equation · Sylvester-Gallai theorem · Sylvester's criterion

Relateds

sylvan · Silvia · Sylvestrine · Sylvia · sylph

Translations (22)

cs Silvestr (male given name) · frp Savétro (male given name) · oc Salvèstre (male given name) · oc Silvèstre (male given name) · eo Silvestro (male given name) · ru Сильве́стр (male given name) · ca Silvestre (male given name) · cmn 西爾維斯特 /西尔维斯特 (male given name) · el Συλβέστρος (male given name) · pl Sylwester (male given name) · pt Silvestre (male given name) · oc Sauvestre (male given name) · de Silvester (male given name) · cmn 蕭韋斯特 /萧韦斯特 (male given name) · he סִילְבֶסְטֶר (male given name) · es Silvestre (male given name) · ar سيلفستر (male given name) · vls Silvester (male given name) · fr Sylvestre (male given name) · hu Szilveszter (male given name) · ja シルヴェスター (male given name) · et Silver (male given name)