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
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From the glance they had had of it, Karl had no doubt that its flora and sylva were exceedingly rich and varied.
From The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains by Mayne Reid
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 Mayne Reid
Not in the tropic, surely, for these trees are of a northern sylva.
From The Rifle Rangers by Mayne Reid
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 John Buchan
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 Oscar S. Straus
One of the military investigators, who spoke to the BBC on condition of anonymity, says this is where Timipre Sylva is alleged to come in.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
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
Shelley Sylva, head of TD Bank’s U.S. corporate citizenship unit, said the reviewers for the grant program “knew kids with disabilities were especially hard-hit” when schools were closed.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2022
"It was expected we were going to arrive at this point where we have an energy crisis," Sylva said.
From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 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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