Transsilvania
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Trānssilvānia f sg (genitive Trānssilvāniae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Transylvania
- Synonyms: Ultra Silvam, Septemcastra, Erdēlia
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Trānssilvānia |
| genitive | Trānssilvāniae |
| dative | Trānssilvāniae |
| accusative | Trānssilvāniam |
| ablative | Trānssilvāniā |
| vocative | Trānssilvānia |
Descendants
[edit]- Asturian: Transilvania
- Catalan: Transsilvània
- French: Transylvanie
- Galician: Transilvania
- Italian: Transilvania
- Portuguese: Transilvânia
- Romanian: Transilvania
- Sicilian: Transilvania
- Spanish: Transilvania