Transsilvania

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • From trans- (“across”) +‎ silvānus (“forest”, relational adjective) +‎ -ia (abstract noun suffix), a calque of Old Hungarian Erdeuelu, from erdő (“forest”) + elü, elv (“region beyond”), modern Hungarian Erdély.

    Proper noun

    Trānssilvānia f sg (genitive Trānssilvāniae); first declension

    1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Transylvania (a historical region in western Romania)
      Synonyms: Ultra Silvam, Septemcastra, Erdēlia

    Declension

    First-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Trānssilvānia
    genitive Trānssilvāniae
    dative Trānssilvāniae
    accusative Trānssilvāniam
    ablative Trānssilvāniā
    vocative Trānssilvānia

    Descendants

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