Transsilvania

Latin

Alternative forms

Trānsilvānia, Trānsylvānia

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.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Trānssilvānia
Genitive	Trānssilvāniae
Dative	Trānssilvāniae
Accusative	Trānssilvāniam
Ablative	Trānssilvāniā
Vocative	Trānssilvānia