Transylvanian
Americannoun
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a native or inhabitant of Transylvania.
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of, relating to, or characteristic of Transylvania or its people.
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The director emphasizes that Orlok is a folk vampire, “not a suave dinner-coat-wearing seducer,” but rather “a corpse, more similar to a zombie. And what would a dead 16th-century Transylvanian nobleman look like?”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024
Since Bram Stoker wrote his 1897 novel about a Transylvanian nobleman who is also a vampire, there have been countless films, plays, books, essays and comic book adaptations.
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2023
Bela Ferencz was born in the Transylvanian town of Somcuta Mare, in what was then Hungary, on March 11, 1920.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2023
The Transylvanian region was the Roman frontier region of Dacia at the time, and was noted for its mines.
From Washington Times • Nov. 25, 2022
They don’t flirt shamelessly with the likes of me when they have Transylvanian girlfriends.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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