Meanings
adjectiveTransylvanian (not comparable)
- not comparableFrom, or pertaining to, Transylvania or its people.
nounTransylvanian (plural Transylvanians)
plural Transylvanians
- An inhabitant or a resident of Transylvania.
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
- EnglishTransylvanian
From Transylvania + -an.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish transylvansk
- transylvanskrelated to Transylvania
Hungarian erdélyi, erdélyi
- erdélyirelated to Transylvania
- erdélyiinhabitant or resident of Transylvania
Polish siedmiogrodzki, transylwański
- siedmiogrodzkirelated to Transylvania
- transylwańskirelated to Transylvania
- Siedmiogrodzianininhabitant or resident of Transylvania
- Siedmiogrodziankainhabitant or resident of Transylvania
- Transylwańczykinhabitant or resident of Transylvania
- Transylwankainhabitant or resident of Transylvania
Romanian transilvănean, ardelenesc
- transilvăneanrelated to Transylvania
- ardelenescrelated to Transylvania
- transilvăneaninhabitant or resident of Transylvania
- ardeleaninhabitant or resident of Transylvania
- ardeleancăinhabitant or resident of Transylvania
Russian трансильва́нский
- трансильва́нский (transilʹvánskij)related to Transylvania
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Transylvanian
IranianRomanianUkrainianAlbanianLithuanianJordanianTasmanianCanaanPanamanianpomeranianMauritanianPennsylvanianLacanianuranianbibliomaniancyaneanGaditanianHyrcanianLucanianlusitanianRhodaniansupramediterraneantitanianVaticanian
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Transylvanian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Transylvanian
MLA
“Transylvanian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Transylvanian. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Transylvanian,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Transylvanian.
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