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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Nicholas Santiago’s projections give eerie embellishment to Stephanie Kerley Schwartz’s scenic design, so that the basic outline of Inverness Castle suggests at moments Dracula’s Transylvanian crypt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025
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
The pair practised together at last month's Transylvanian Open.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2021
“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
The Italians had found themselves in their difficult theatre of war against Galatians, Bosnians, Croats, Transylvanians, etc.
From Peaceless Europe by Nitti, Francesco Saverio
While he was saying these words his adjutant, Macskári, came to him and began to explain that the Transylvanians had been placed in the rear and were grumbling loudly at having been so set aside.
From The Slaves of the Padishah by J?kai, M?r
Moreover, during the Thirty Years' war, and even later, a large portion of the land was in possession of the Turks and their allies, the Transylvanians, with whom the Hungarians were in sympathy.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 by Various
Bocskay, at the same time, was acknowledged as prince of Transylvania by the Austrian court, and the right of the Transylvanians to elect their own independent princes in future was officially recognized.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
With regard to the younger generation, the Transylvanians are like well-bred people all the world over.
From Round About the Carpathians by Crosse, Andrew F.
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