Silvana

See also: silvana

Italian

Proper noun

Silvana f

1. a female given name, feminine form of Silvano.

Anagrams

• invalsa
• slavina

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Latin

Etymology

The feminine of Silvānus, from silva (“forest”) +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /silˈu̯aː.na/, [s̠ɪɫ̪ˈu̯äːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /silˈva.na/, [silˈväːnä]

Noun

Silvāna f (genitive Silvānae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) a female wood-deity

Declension

First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -ābus).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Silvāna	Silvānae
Genitive	Silvānae	Silvānārum
Dative	Silvānae	Silvānābus
Accusative	Silvānam	Silvānās
Ablative	Silvānā	Silvānābus
Vocative	Silvāna	Silvānae

Derived terms

• Italian: Silvana

References

• “Silvana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press