silvan

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9
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12
Letters
6

Definition of silvan

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of sylvan.
    “Broke by the jutting land, on either side, / In double streams the briny waters glide, / Betwixt two rows of rocks: a silvan scene / Appears above, and groves for ever green: […]”
    “We were now within the boundaries of Minnesota, and this prairie was yet the habitation of Wapasha (Red Leaf) and his Sioux band. I never beheld a more charming silvan picture than this prairie presented; […]”
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adj

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of sylvan.
    “Broke by the jutting land, on either side, / In double streams the briny waters glide, / Betwixt two rows of rocks: a silvan scene / Appears above, and groves for ever green: […]”
    “We were now within the boundaries of Minnesota, and this prairie was yet the habitation of Wapasha (Red Leaf) and his Sioux band. I never beheld a more charming silvan picture than this prairie presented; […]”

noun

  1. (obsolete, uncountable)tellurium

name

  1. a city in Diyarbakır Province in Turkey.
  2. A town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, central Victoria, Australia
  3. A male given name.
    ““There is no joy in me about the resignation of Silvan Shalom. I would prefer that a person such as this would not be a minister in the government in the first place. […]”

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Etymology

See sylvan.

Anagrams of silvan

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