Transylvania

English

A map of Romania with Transylvania highlighted in yellow

Etymology

From the Latin preposition trans (meaning "across") + silvam, the accusative singular of silva meaning "forest". Meaning "across the forest".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹænslˈveɪniə/
• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Proper noun

Transylvania

1. A region in the west of Romania.

Translations

Transylvania

• Arabic: ترانسيلفانيا f (transilfaaniya)
• Asturian: Transilvania f
• Belarusian: Трансільванія f (Transil’vánija), Сяміградзе n (Sjamihrádze)
• Breton: Treuzsilvania
• Bulgarian: Трансилвания f (Transilvanija)
• Catalan: Transsilvània f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Sedmihradsko n, Transylvánie f
• Danish: Transsylvanien c
• Dutch: Transsylvanië n, Zevenburgen n
• Esperanto: Transilvanio
• Estonian: Transilvaania
• Finnish: Transilvania
• French: Transylvanie (fr) f
• Galician: Transilvania f
• German: Siebenbürgen n
• Hebrew: טרנסילבניה f
• Hungarian: Erdély (hu)
• Icelandic: Transylvanía f
• Ido: Transilvania (io)
• Italian: Transilvania f
• Japanese: トランシルヴァニア (Toranshiruvania)
• Korean: 트란실바니아 (Teuransilbania)

• Latin: Transsilvania f
• Lithuanian: Transilvanija ?
• Malay: Transylvania
• Norwegian: Transilvania n

  Nynorsk: Transilvania n

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

  Cyrillic: Трансилваниа f, Ардял

• Russian: Трансильвания f (Transil’vánija), Семиградье n (Semigrád'je), Ардял m (Ardjal)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Трансилванија f

  Roman: Transilvanija f

• Sicilian: Transilvania f
• Slovak: Sedmohradsko n
• Slovene: Transilvánija f
• Spanish: Transilvania f
• Swedish: Transsylvanien c
• Turkish: Erdel Beyliği
• Ukrainian: Трансильванія f (Transyl’vánija), Семигород m (Semyhorod)
• Walloon: Zivenbork
• Yiddish: זיבנבורגן n (Zibnburgn)

See also

• Wikipedia article on Transylvania