sylva

¹ American  

[sil-vuh] / ˈsɪl və /

noun

1. silva.

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Sylva ² American  

[sil-vuh, seel-vah] / ˈsɪl və, ˈsil vɑ /

noun

1. Carmen pen name of Elizabeth, queen of Romania.

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sylva British  

/ ˈsɪlvə /

noun

1. the trees growing in a particular region

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Etymology

Origin of sylva

From Latin

Example Sentences

Iste, transito Rheno, Romanos in Carbonaria sylva devicit, Camaracum cepit & obtinuit, annis 20 regnavit.

From Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John by Newton, Isaac, Sir

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

Not a very scientific one, it is true; but in whatever way obtained, he possessed a respectable knowledge of flora and sylva, and evinced an aptitude for the study not inferior to Linneus himself.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne

Which Hickes thus renders: "Dono tertiam quamque arborem, et tertiam quamque sarcinam jumentariam fructuum, qui nascuntur in sylva proxime ad kyngesbyrig sita," &c.

From Notes and Queries, Number 72, March 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Not in the tropic, surely, for these trees are of a northern sylva.

From The Rifle Rangers by Reid, Mayne