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silva

/ˈsɪlvə/

silva noun: the forest trees of a particular area.

Noun

silva (plural silvas or silvae)

  1. The forest trees of a particular area
    • The most interesting and striking features of the silva of California relate to its composition, the geographical distribution of the species and their biological history.1909, Willis Linn Jepson, The Trees of California, page 13

Proper noun capitalized: Silva

Silva

  1. A surname.

silva meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

silva in Hindi

सिल्वा, सिलवा

silva in Tamil

சில்வா, ஸில்வா

silva in Marathi

सिल्वा

silva in Urdu

سلوا
More languagesFewer languages
silva in Bengali
সিলভা
silva in Telugu
సిల్వా, సిల్వ
silva in Malayalam
സിൽവ, സിൽവാ
silva in Kannada
ಸಿಲ್ವಾ, ಸಿಲ್ವ
silva in Punjabi
ਸਿਲਵਾ, ਸਿਲ੍ਵਾ
silva in Gujarati
સિલ્વા, સિલવા
silva in Odia
ସିଲଭା, ସିଲ୍ଭା
silva in Nepali
सिल्वा, सिल्भा

Forms of silva

pluralsilvas
pluralsilvae
alternative formsylva

Plural of silva: silvas or silvae

Origin of silva

Borrowed from Latin silva. Doublet of selva.

Borrowed from Portuguese Silva.

Words formed from silva

Questions about silva

What does silva mean?
Silva means the forest trees of a particular area.
What is silva in Hindi?
Silva in Hindi is सिल्वा, सिलवा. See Silva meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is silva?
Silva can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce silva?
Silva is pronounced /ˈsɪlvə/.
What is the plural of silva?
The plural of silva is silvas.

Words near silva in the dictionary

  1. Silurists
  2. siluroid
  3. siluroids
  4. silurus
  5. siluruses
  6. silva
  7. silvadene
  8. silvae
  9. silvalactam
  10. silvan
  11. silvana

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Adapted from Wiktionary: silva (page history and authors); Silva (page history and authors); silva (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); silva (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); silva (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); silva (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); silva (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); silva (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); silva (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); silva (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); silva (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); silva (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); silva (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); silva (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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