sylva

¹ American  

[sil-vuh] / ˈsɪl və /

noun

1. silva.

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Sylva ² American  

[sil-vuh, seel-vah] / ˈsɪl və, ˈsil vɑ /

noun

1. Carmen pen name of Elizabeth, queen of Romania.

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sylva British  

/ ˈsɪlvə /

noun

1. the trees growing in a particular region

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Etymology

Origin of sylva

From Latin

Example Sentences

Not in the tropic, surely, for these trees are of a northern sylva.

From The Rifle Rangers by Reid, Mayne

Such is the sylva that covers the alluvion of Louisiana.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne

The veracity of the following passage of Tacitus is therefore fully confirmed:—'Deligitque locum artis faucibus, et a tergo sylva clausum; satis cognito, nihil hostium, nisi in fronte, et apertam planitiem esse, sine metu insidiarum.'

From Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

As usual with the sylva, flora, and fauna, this also is found lowest along the coast, where it finds the requisite temperature and other essentials, with combined moisture.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 by Various

Brito, however, expressly says of Flanders, that it is a place where, "Raris sylva locis facit umbram, vinea nusquam:  Indigenis potus Thetidi miscetur avena,  Ut vice sit vini multo confecta labore."

From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 by Turner, Dawson