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Latin
Etymology
From trans- (“across”) + silvānus (“forest”, relational adjective) + -ia (abstract noun suffix), a calque of Old Hungarian Erdeuelu, from erdő (“forest”) + elü, elv (“region beyond”), modern Hungarian Erdély.
Proper noun
Trānssilvānia f sg (genitive Trānssilvāniae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Transylvania
- Synonyms: Ultra Silvam, Septemcastra, Erdēlia
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants