Meanings
alternative Transsilvania · alternative Transsylvania
- A historical region in western Romania.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
- Proto-Italic*trāns
- Proto-Italic*trāns-
- Latintrans-
- Proto-Indo-European*sel-der.?
- Latinsilva
- Latinsilvānus
- HungarianErdeuelu
- Medieval LatinTrānsylvānia
- EnglishTransylvania
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.
More words from Medieval Latin, Hungarian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Transsilvanië
- TranssilvaniëTransylvania
Arabic تْرَانْسِيلْفَانِيَا
- تْرَانْسِيلْفَانِيَا (transilfāniyā)Transylvania
Basque Transilvania
- TransilvaniaTransylvania
Bulgarian Трансилва́ния
- Трансилва́ния (Transilvánija)Transylvania
Catalan Transsilvània
- TranssilvàniaTransylvania
Chinese Mandarin 特蘭西瓦尼亞 /特兰西瓦尼亚
- 特蘭西瓦尼亞 /特兰西瓦尼亚 (Tèlánxīwǎníyà)Transylvania
Czech Sedmihradsko, Transylvánie
- SedmihradskoTransylvania
- TransylvánieTransylvania
Danish Transsylvanien
- TranssylvanienTransylvania
Dutch Transsylvanië, Zevenburgen
- TranssylvaniëTransylvania
- ZevenburgenTransylvania
Esperanto Transilvanio
- TransilvanioTransylvania
Estonian Transilvaania
- TransilvaaniaTransylvania
Finnish Transilvania
- TransilvaniaTransylvania
French Transylvanie
- TransylvanieTransylvania
German Siebenbürgen
- SiebenbürgenTransylvania
Greek Τρανσυλβανία
- Τρανσυλβανία (Transylvanía)Transylvania
Hebrew טרנסילבניה
- טרנסילבניה (Transylvenia)Transylvania
Hungarian Erdély
- ErdélyTransylvania
Icelandic Transylvanía
- TransylvaníaTransylvania
Indonesian Transilvania
- TransilvaniaTransylvania
Irish an Trasalváin
- an TrasalváinTransylvania
Italian Transilvania
- TransilvaniaTransylvania
Japanese トランシルヴァニア
- トランシルヴァニア (Toranshiruvania)Transylvania
Korean 트란실바니아
- 트란실바니아 (teuransilbania)Transylvania
Latin Trānssilvānia, Erdēlia
- TrānssilvāniaTransylvania
- ErdēliaTransylvania
- SeptemcastraTransylvania
Latvian Transilvānija
- TransilvānijaTransylvania
Lithuanian Transilvanija
- TransilvanijaTransylvania
Malay Transylvania
- TransylvaniaTransylvania
Norwegian Bokmål Transilvania
- TransilvaniaTransylvania
Persian ترانسیلوانی
- ترانسیلوانی (trânsilvâni)Transylvania
Polish Siedmiogród, Transylwania
- SiedmiogródTransylvania
- TransylwaniaTransylvania
Portuguese Transilvânia
- TransilvâniaTransylvania
Romanian Transilvania, Ardeal
- TransilvaniaTransylvania
- ArdealTransylvania
- Трансилваниа (Transilvania)Transylvania
- Ардял (Ardial)Transylvania
Russian Трансильва́ния, Семигра́дье
- Трансильва́ния (Transilʹvánija)Transylvania
- Семигра́дье (Semigrádʹje)Transylvania
- Ардял (Ardjal)Transylvania
Slovak Sedmohradsko
- SedmohradskoTransylvania
Spanish Transilvania
- TransilvaniaTransylvania
Swedish Transsylvanien
- TranssylvanienTransylvania
Thai ทรานซิลเวเนีย
- ทรานซิลเวเนีย (traan-sil-wee-niia)Transylvania
Turkish Erdel Beyliği, Erdel
- Erdel BeyliğiTransylvania
- ErdelTransylvania
- TransilvanyaTransylvania
Ukrainian Трансильва́нія, Семиго́род
- Трансильва́нія (Transylʹvánija)Transylvania
- Семиго́род (Semyhórod)Transylvania
Vietnamese Transilvania
- TransilvaniaTransylvania
Yiddish טראַנסילוואַניע
- טראַנסילוואַניע (transilvanye)Transylvania
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Transylvania
Cite this entry
Transylvania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Transylvania
“Transylvania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Transylvania. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Transylvania,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Transylvania.
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