Transilvania
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See also: Transilvânia
Asturian
Proper noun
Transilvania f
Finnish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Transsilvania.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Transilvania
Declension
| Inflection of Transilvania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Transilvania | — | |
| genitive | Transilvanian | — | |
| partitive | Transilvaniaa | — | |
| illative | Transilvaniaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Transilvania | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Transilvania | — |
| gen. | Transilvanian | ||
| genitive | Transilvanian | — | |
| partitive | Transilvaniaa | — | |
| inessive | Transilvaniassa | — | |
| elative | Transilvaniasta | — | |
| illative | Transilvaniaan | — | |
| adessive | Transilvanialla | — | |
| ablative | Transilvanialta | — | |
| allative | Transilvanialle | — | |
| essive | Transilvaniana | — | |
| translative | Transilvaniaksi | — | |
| abessive | Transilvaniatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Galician
Proper noun
Transilvania f
Ido
Proper noun
Transilvania
Italian
Proper noun
Transilvania f
Related terms
Norwegian
Proper noun
Transilvania n
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Transilvania n
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Transsilvania, on the basis of the preposition trans (“across”) + silvam, the accusative singular of silva (“forest”). Meaning "across the forest". Itself a calque of Hungarian Erdély, from erdő (“forest”) + elü (“region beyond”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Transilvania f
- Transylvania (a region of Romania)
- Synonym: Ardeal
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | Transilvanie | Transilvania |
| genitive-dative | Transilvanii | Transilvaniei |
| vocative | Transilvanie, Transilvanio | |
Derived terms
See also
Sicilian
Proper noun
Transilvania f
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Transilvania f