Silvia

Silvia f

1. Synonym of Silviella (in family Orobanchaceae)
2. Synonym of Escobedia (in family Orobanchaceae)

• Mezilaurus (in family Lauraceae)
• Sylvia

• See search for Silvia at Plants of the World Online.

• Sylvia

Feminine form of Silvius, from Latin silva (“forest”). In myths, Rhea Silvia was the mother of famous twins Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. 6th-century saint Silvia was the mother of the pope Gregory the Great.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlvi.ə/

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Silvia

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:

     Who is Silvia? what is she? / That all our swains commend her? / Holy, fair and wise is she; / The heaven such grace did lend her, / That she might admired be.

2. A surname.

• Silvanus
• sylvan

• Vasili

Silvia

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Silvia

• Silvi

Silvia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Silvia

Matronymics

• son of Silviu: Silviuson
• daughter of Silvia: Silviudóttir

• Sylvia

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Silvia

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Silvia

Feminine form of Silvius, from Latin silva (“forest”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsil.vja/
• Rhymes: -ilvja
• Hyphenation: Sìl‧via

Silvia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Silvia

• Alvisi, Vilasi, lisavi, salivi

Feminine form of Silvius, from Latin silva (“forest”).

Silvia f

1. a female given name, variant of Sílvia

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɫvia/

Silvia f (genitive singular Silvie, nominative plural Silvie, declension pattern of ulica)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Silvia

• “Silvia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Feminine form of Silvius, from Latin silva (“forest”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsilbja/ [ˈsil.β̞ja]
• Rhymes: -ilbja
• Syllabification: Sil‧via

Silvia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Silvia