Transylvania

English

A map of Romania with Transylvania highlighted in yellow.

Alternative forms

• Transsilvania, Transsylvania

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-t

Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts

Proto-Italic *trāns

Proto-Italic *trāns-

Medieval Latin trans-

Proto-Indo-European *sel-der.?

Medieval Latin silva

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Medieval Latin -nus

Medieval Latin -ānus

Medieval Latin silvānus

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Medieval Latin -ius

Medieval Latin -ia

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Hungarian Erdeuelucalq.

Medieval Latin Trānsylvānialbor.

English Transylvania

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Trānsylvānia, alternative spelling of Trānssilvānia, from trāns (“across”) +‎ silvānus (“forest”, relational adjective) +‎ -ia (abstract noun suffix), i.e. “region across the forest”, a calque of Hungarian Erdély, from erdő (“forest”) +‎ elv/elü (“region beyond”). By surface analysis, tran- +‎ sylvan +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɹæn.səlˈveɪ.ni.ə/, /-.njə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Proper noun

Transylvania

2. A historical region in western Romania.

Derived terms

• Transylvania County
• Transylvanian

Related terms

• Pennsylvania
• Pittsylvania
• Spotsylvania
• Sylvania
• -sylvania

Translations

Transylvania

• Afrikaans: Transsilvanië
• Albanian: Transilvania
• Arabic: تْرَانْسِيلْفَانِيَا f (transilfāniyā)
• Armenian: Տրանսիլվանիա (Transilvania), Առտիալ (Aṙtial), Առդեալ (Aṙdeal)
• Asturian: Transilvania (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Transilvaniya
• Basque: Transilvania
• Belarusian: Трансільва́нія f (Transilʹvánija), Сямігра́дзе n (Sjamihrádzje)
• Breton: Treuzsilvania
• Bulgarian: Трансилва́ния f (Transilvánija)
• Catalan: Transsilvània f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特蘭西瓦尼亞 / 特兰西瓦尼亚 (zh) (Tèlánxīwǎníyà)

• Czech: Sedmihradsko (cs) n, Transylvánie (cs) f
• Danish: Transsylvanien c
• Dutch: Transsylvanië (nl) n, Zevenburgen n
• Esperanto: Transilvanio
• Estonian: Transilvaania
• Finnish: Transilvania
• French: Transylvanie (fr) f

  Middle French: Transsilvanie f, Transsylvanie f

• Galician: Transilvania f
• Georgian: ტრანსილვანია (ṭransilvania)
• German: Siebenbürgen (de) n
• Greek: Τρανσυλβανία f (Transylvanía)
• Hebrew: טרנסילבניה f (Transylvenia)
• Hungarian: Erdély (hu)
• Icelandic: Transylvanía f
• Ido: Transilvania (io)
• Indonesian: Transilvania
• Irish: an Trasalváin f
• Italian: Transilvania (it) f
• Japanese: トランシルヴァニア (Toranshiruvania)
• Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 트란실바니아 (teuransilbania)
• Latin: Trānssilvānia f, Erdēlia f, Septemcastra n pl
• Latvian: Transilvānija f
• Lithuanian: Transilvanija f
• Macedonian: Трансилванија f (Transilvanija)
• Malay: Transylvania
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Transilvania n

  Nynorsk: Transilvania n

• Persian: ترانسیلوانی (trânsilvâni)
• Polish: Siedmiogród (pl) m, Transylwania (pl) f
• Portuguese: Transilvânia f
• Romanian: Transilvania (ro) f, Ardeal

  Cyrillic: Трансилваниа f (Transilvania), Ардял (Ardial)

• Russian: Трансильва́ния (ru) f (Transilʹvánija), Семигра́дье n (Semigrádʹje), Ардял m (Ardjal)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Трансилванија f

  Latin: Transilvanija f

• Sicilian: Transilvania f
• Slovak: Sedmohradsko n
• Slovene: Transilvánija f, Sedmograška f
• Spanish: Transilvania (es) f
• Swedish: Transsylvanien c
• Thai: ทรานซิลเวเนีย (traan-sil-wee-niia)
• Turkish: Erdel Beyliği, Erdel (tr), Transilvanya

  Ottoman Turkish: اردل (erdel)

• Ukrainian: Трансильва́нія f (Transylʹvánija), Семиго́род m (Semyhórod)
• Vietnamese: Transilvania
• Walloon: Zivenbork
• Yiddish: טראַנסילוואַניע f (transilvanye)

Further reading

• Transylvania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia