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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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
An ancient Transylvanian vampire haunts a young woman in 19th Century Germany.
From BBC
Inside the Vatican Banquet Hall’s castle-like exterior and fog-filled middle-of-the-room runway interior stage, it’s not hard to envision the longtime struggle between the Van Helsing family of vampire hunters and the Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, playing out.
From Los Angeles Times
Since Bram Stoker wrote his 1897 novel about a Transylvanian nobleman who is also a vampire, there have been countless films, plays, books, essays and comic book adaptations.
From BBC
Bela Ferencz was born in the Transylvanian town of Somcuta Mare, in what was then Hungary, on March 11, 1920.
From Washington Post
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