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silvana

silvana noun: a Filipino dessert, a frozen cookie made from a layer of buttercream sandwiched between two cashew-meringue wafers coated with cookie crumbs.

Noun

silvana (plural silvanas)

  1. A Filipino dessert, a frozen cookie made from a layer of buttercream sandwiched between two cashew-meringue wafers coated with cookie crumbs.

Proper noun capitalized: Silvana

Silvana

  1. A female given name from Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.
    • At Lochwinnoch, on the 13th curt. Mr. William Brodie, of Ward, to Miss Silvana Caldwell.1811 August 22, “Married”, in Caledonian Mercury, number 13,991, Edinburgh, →OCLC, page [3], column 5
    • Donna Johns is 18, congratulations and love from Angela, Will, Nicola, Wayne, James and baby Silvana and especially Joan and Ken.1996 January 30, “Birthdays”, in South Wales Evening Post, number 38,116, Swansea, →OCLC, “On the Grapevine” section, page 2, column 1

Forms of silvana

pluralsilvanas

Origin of silvana

From Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Silvana, from Latin Silvāna.

Questions about silvana

What does silvana mean?
Silvana means a Filipino dessert, a frozen cookie made from a layer of buttercream sandwiched between two cashew-meringue wafers coated with cookie crumbs.
What part of speech is silvana?
Silvana can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of silvana?
The plural of silvana is silvanas.

Words near silvana in the dictionary

  1. silva
  2. silvadene
  3. silvae
  4. silvalactam
  5. silvan
  6. silvana
  7. silvanas
  8. silvanid
  9. silvanids
  10. silvaniform
  11. silvaniforms

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