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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Two hypnotically absorbing, cryptically titled, insidiously damning panoramas of life in, respectively, the sun-drenched island of Tahiti and a snow-bound Transylvanian village, neither of which you’ll be in a hurry to visit afterward.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2023
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
They don’t flirt shamelessly with the likes of me when they have Transylvanian girlfriends.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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