sylva
noun
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- a variation of silva.
sylva
1 American
[sil-vuh]
/ ˈsɪl və /
noun
Sylva
2
American
[sil-vuh, seel-vah]
/ ˈsɪl və, ˈsil vɑ /
noun
sylva
British
/ ˈsɪlvə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of sylva
From Latin
Example Sentences
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Had I been in the midst of a forest surrounded by a northern sylva, I could have made out my course.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
Of the sylva we will only say, it is equal in value and variety to that of any section of our country.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
He read of cities with silver walls and golden towers waiting on the discoverer, and of a river on whose banks "virescit sylva vitae."
From The Path of the King by Buchan, John
Such is the sylva that covers the alluvion of Louisiana.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne
When she began to publish her work, at the age of thirty-five, she asked a certain German writer to tell her the Latin word for "woods"; that gave her "sylva."
From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Straus, Oscar S.
A seventh person - a former governor and one-time oil minister, Timipre Sylva - was also named but the court documents said he was still at large.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Nigeria expects to stop importing petroleum products from before or around the third quarter of 2023, its oil minister Timipre Sylva said on Tuesday.
From Reuters ● Dec. 1, 2022
The start of the drilling “marks yet another significant milestone in our collective quest as a nation to ensure energy security and access” for Nigeria’s citizens, said the country’s state petroleum minister, Timipre Sylva.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
The Arc’s “focus on those students made their application stand out,” Sylva said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2022
So Sylva sylvarum is literally ‘the wood of woods’, but, effectively, The Lumber Yard.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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