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Transylvania en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /-.njə/
• /ˌtɹæn.səlˈveɪ.ni.ə/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans- Proto-Indo-European *sel-der.? Latin silva Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin silvānus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia ▲ Hungarian Erdeuelucalq. Medieval Latin Trānsylvānialbor. English Transylvania Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Trānsylvānia, alternative spelling of Trānssilvānia, from trāns (“across”) + silvānus (“forest”, relational adjective) + -ia (abstract noun suffix), i.e. “region across the forest”, a calque of Hungarian Erdély, from erdő (“forest”) + elv/elü (“region beyond”). By surface analysis, tran- + sylvan + -ia.

Meanings

1. A historical region in western Romania.

Forms

Deriveds

Transylvanian · Transylvania County

Relateds

Sylvania · Pennsylvania · Pittsylvania · -sylvania · Spotsylvania

Translations (77)

az Transilvaniya (Transylvania) · lv Transilvānija (Transylvania) · frm Transsylvanie (Transylvania) · la Septemcastra (Transylvania) · be Трансільва́нія (Transylvania) · sl Sedmograška (Transylvania) · sv Transsylvanien (Transylvania) · ru Ардял (Transylvania) · is Transylvanía (Transylvania) · gl Transilvania (Transylvania) · la Trānssilvānia (Transylvania) · ar تْرَانْسِيلْفَانِيَا (Transylvania) · ro Трансилваниа (Transylvania) · sh Transilvanija (Transylvania) · nn Transilvania (Transylvania) · io Transilvania (Transylvania) · el Τρανσυλβανία (Transylvania) · ota اردل (Transylvania) · lt Transilvanija (Transylvania) · uk Трансильва́нія (Transylvania) · ro Ardeal (Transylvania) · cmn 特蘭西瓦尼亞 /特兰西瓦尼亚 (Transylvania) · pl Transylwania (Transylvania) · sh Трансилванија (Transylvania) · tr Transilvanya (Transylvania) · pt Transilvânia (Transylvania) · ko 트란실바니아 (Transylvania) · ms Transylvania (Transylvania) · bg Трансилва́ния (Transylvania) · eu Transilvania (Transylvania) · frm Transsilvanie (Transylvania) · sk Sedmohradsko (Transylvania) · ka ტრანსილვანია (Transylvania) · uk Семиго́род (Transylvania) · es Transilvania (Transylvania) · ru Трансильва́ния (Transylvania) · scn Transilvania (Transylvania) · cs Transylvánie (Transylvania) · wa Zivenbork (Transylvania) · nl Transsylvanië (Transylvania) · ja トランシルヴァニア (Transylvania) · fi Transilvania (Transylvania) · mk Трансилванија (Transylvania) · cs Sedmihradsko (Transylvania) · be Сямігра́дзе (Transylvania) · fr Transylvanie (Transylvania) · tr Erdel Beyliği (Transylvania) · ga an Trasalváin (Transylvania) · hy Առտիալ (Transylvania) · de Siebenbürgen (Transylvania) · tr Erdel (Transylvania) · pl Siedmiogród (Transylvania) · br Treuzsilvania (Transylvania) · ro Transilvania (Transylvania) · sl Transilvánija (Transylvania) · sq Transilvania (Transylvania) · ca Transsilvània (Transylvania) · fa ترانسیلوانی (Transylvania) · hu Erdély (Transylvania) · nl Zevenburgen (Transylvania) · ro Ардял (Transylvania) · hy Տրանսիլվանիա (Transylvania) · yi טראַנסילוואַניע (Transylvania) · da Transsylvanien (Transylvania) · la Erdēlia (Transylvania) · th ทรานซิลเวเนีย (Transylvania) · he טרנסילבניה (Transylvania) · it Transilvania (Transylvania) · af Transsilvanië (Transylvania) · eo Transilvanio (Transylvania) · et Transilvaania (Transylvania) · id Transilvania (Transylvania) · nb Transilvania (Transylvania) · hy Առդեալ (Transylvania) · vi Transilvania (Transylvania) · ast Transilvania (Transylvania) · ru Семигра́дье (Transylvania)