Transylvanian

American  

[tran-sil-vayn-ee-uhn, -vayn-yuhn] / ˌtræn sɪlˈveɪn i ən, -ˈveɪn jən /

noun

• Transylvanians
  plural

1. a native or inhabitant of Transylvania.

2. of, relating to, or characteristic of Transylvania or its people.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Transylvanians
  plural

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Example Sentences

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Transylvanian Transylvanians

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

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

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 M?r J?kai

The Transylvanians were at this time largely under the influence of their Polish brethren in the faith, who still practised the invocation of Christ.

From Unitarianism by W.G. Tarrant

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

Generally speaking, the Transylvanians had only to appear, to have their demands promptly complied with; for these marauders had to be bought off because the emperor had more pressing business elsewhere.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 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

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