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Silvan

adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of sylvan. alt-of, alternative

    "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: […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or characteristic of wooded regions wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    a city in Diyarbakır Province in Turkey.
  2. 2
    A town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, central Victoria, Australia
  3. 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. […]"

Noun
  1. 1
    tellurium obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

See sylvan.

Etymology 2

See sylvanium.

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