Transsylvania

English

Etymology

From Latin Trānssylvānia, alternative form of Trānssilvānia.

Noun

Transsylvania

  1. Alternative spelling of Transylvania
    • 1781, R. E. Raspe, A Critical Essay on Oil-Painting, page 4:
      […] through Italy, Hungary and Tranſſylvania.
    • 1854, The English Cyclopædia, volume 1, page 729:
      Bees are also an object of much attention in Hungary, Galicia, and Transsylvania; […]
    • 1886, The American Antiquarian, page 321:
      From the press of Charles Graeser in Vienna, who has published a long array of books on Transsylvania and the adjoining countries, […]

Latin

Proper noun

Trānssylvānia f sg (genitive Trānssylvāniae); first declension

  1. alternative form of Trānssilvānia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Trānssylvānia
genitive Trānssylvāniae
dative Trānssylvāniae
accusative Trānssylvāniam
ablative Trānssylvāniā
vocative Trānssylvānia

Descendants

  • English: Transsylvania
  • Middle French: Transsylvanie
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