Transylvania

English
A map of Romania with Transylvania highlighted in yellow

Etymology

Borrowed 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”) +‎ elü (“region beyond”). By surface analysis, trans- +‎ sylvan +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɹænsəlˈveɪni.ə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪniə

Proper noun

Transylvania

  1. A region in western Romania.

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