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
Example Sentences
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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 Buchan, John
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
The sylva was quite equal to anything they had witnessed on the Amazon; while the fauna—especially in quadrupeds and quadrumana—was far richer.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist
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
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 Reid, Mayne
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
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
A presidency source told Reuters that Buhari would meet his junior oil minister Sylva Timipre on Tuesday over the issue.
From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2022
The Arc’s “focus on those students made their application stand out,” Sylva said.
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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