Transylvania

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/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Proper noun

Transylvania

1. A region in western Romania.

Derived terms

• Transylvania County
• Transylvanian

Related terms

• Pennsylvania
• Pittsylvania
• Spotsylvania
• Sylvania
• -sylvania

 

Translations

Transylvania

Afrikaans: Transsilvanië Albanian: Transilvania Arabic: تْرَانْسِيلْفَانِيَا‎ f (transilfāniyā) Armenian: Տրանսիլվանիա (Transilvania), Առտիալ (Aṙtial), Առդեալ (Aṙdeal) Asturian: Transilvania f Azerbaijani: Transilvaniya Basque: Transilvania Belarusian: Трансільва́нія f (Transilʹvánija), Сямігра́дзе n (Sjamihrádzje) Breton: Treuzsilvania Bulgarian: Трансилва́ния f (Transilvánija) Catalan: Transsilvània f Chinese: Mandarin: 特蘭西瓦尼亞／特兰西瓦尼亚 (zh) (Tèlánxīwǎníyà) Czech: Sedmihradsko (cs) n, Transylvánie (cs) f Danish: Transsylvanien c Dutch: Transsylvanië n, Zevenburgen n Esperanto: Transilvanio Estonian: Transilvaania Finnish: Transilvania French: Transylvanie (fr) f Galician: Transilvania f Georgian: ტრანსილვანია (ṭransilvania) German: Siebenbürgen (de) n Greek: Τρανσυλβανία f (Transylvanía) Hebrew: טרנסילבניה‎ f (Transylvenia) Hungarian: Erdély (hu) Icelandic: Transylvanía f Ido: Transilvania (io) Indonesian: Transilvania Irish: an Trasalváin f Italian: Transilvania (it) f Japanese: トランシルヴァニア (Toranshiruvania) Korean: 트란실바니아 (teuransilbania) Latin: Trānssilvānia f, Erdēlia f, Septemcastra n pl Latvian: Transilvānija f Lithuanian: Transilvanija f Macedonian: Трансилванија f (Transilvanija) Malay: Transylvania Norwegian: Bokmål: Transilvania n Nynorsk: Transilvania n Ottoman Turkish: اردل‎ (erdel) Persian: ترانسیلوانی‎ (Trânsilvâni) Polish: Siedmiogród (pl) m, Transylwania (pl) f Portuguese: Transilvânia f Romanian: Transilvania (ro) f, Ardeal Cyrillic: Трансилваниа f, Ардял Russian: Трансильва́ния (ru) f (Transilʹvánija), Семигра́дье n (Semigrádʹje), Ардял m (Ardjal) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Трансилванија f Roman: Transilvanija f Sicilian: Transilvania f Slovak: Sedmohradsko n Slovene: Transilvánija f, Sedmograška f Spanish: Transilvania (es) f Swedish: Transsylvanien c Thai: ทรานซิลเวเนีย (traan-sil-wee-niia) Turkish: Erdel Beyliği Ukrainian: Трансильва́нія f (Transylʹvánija), Семиго́род m (Semyhórod) Vietnamese: Transilvania Walloon: Zivenbork Yiddish: טראַנסילוואַניע‎ f (transilvanye)

Further reading

• Transylvania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia