sylva
noun
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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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
Not in the tropic, surely, for these trees are of a northern sylva.
From The Rifle Rangers by Mayne Reid
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
The story of the country mouse, who must needs see the town, occurs forcibly to his recollection, and he exclaims aloud: "me sylva, cavusque Tutus ab insidiis tenui solabitur ervo."
From Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities by Robert Smith Surtees
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
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
A spokesman for Timipre Sylva, Nigeria’s petroleum minister, declined to speak on the issue, and the gas company did not immediately respond to questions about its options for addressing the flooding.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
But junior petroleum minister Timipre Sylva and the ministers of justice, labour and women's affairs, said on Tuesday they had decided to stay in their jobs to help the president deliver his policies.
From Reuters ● May 17, 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
Despite its Latin title, Sylva sylvarum is written in English.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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