Transylvanian
Americannoun
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a native or inhabitant of Transylvania.
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of, relating to, or characteristic of Transylvania or its people.
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An ancient Transylvanian vampire haunts a young woman in 19th Century Germany.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2024
Bela Ferencz was born in the Transylvanian town of Somcuta Mare, in what was then Hungary, on March 11, 1920.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2023
The Transylvanian region was the Roman frontier region of Dacia at the time, and was noted for its mines.
From Washington Times • Nov. 25, 2022
Or there was the equally spectacular, recently rediscovered 1697 silver tankard by the Transylvanian goldsmith Sebastian Hann the Elder that in the 1910s had been in the collection of Baroness Betty de Rothschild.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2022
“I’ve come to suck your blood,” she says in her Transylvanian accent, but perhaps I misheard, perhaps she said, “You must be a very good sculptor.”
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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