Transylvanian
Americannoun
plural
Transylvanians-
a native or inhabitant of Transylvania.
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of, relating to, or characteristic of Transylvania or its people.
Example Sentences
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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
‘Dracula’ Bela Lugosi’s dead, but the Hungarian-born actor was still very much alive when he starred as Bram Stoker’s aristocratic Transylvanian vampire in Tod Browning’s atmospheric 1931 chiller.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 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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