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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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 ● Sep. 5, 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
‘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
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
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
The Italians had found themselves in their difficult theatre of war against Galatians, Bosnians, Croats, Transylvanians, etc.
From Peaceless Europe by Nitti, Francesco Saverio
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
It was then attacked by the prince of Transylvania, who had in his army, exclusive of his own Transylvanians, Hungarians, Moldavians, Servians, Walachians, &c.
From Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by Foxe, John
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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