Transylvania
Syllabification: (Tran·syl·va·nia)
Pronunciation: /ˌtransəlˈvānyə, -ˈvānēə/
Definition of Transylvania
- 1a large tableland region of northwestern Romania, separated from the rest of the country by the Carpathian Mountains and the Transylvanian Alps. Part of Hungary until it became a principality of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century, it was returned to Hungary at the end of the 17th century and was incorporated into Romania in 1918.
Origin:
based on Latin trans 'across, beyond' + silva 'forest'