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sylva

sylva is the alternative spelling of silva.

Meaning of silva

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

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Proper noun capitalized: Sylva

Sylva

  1. An incorporated town, the county seat of Jackson County, North Carolina, United States.

Forms of sylva

pluralsylvas
pluralsylvae

Questions about sylva

What does sylva mean?
Sylva means an incorporated town, the county seat of Jackson County, North Carolina, United States.
What is sylva the alternative spelling of?
Sylva is the alternative spelling of silva.
What part of speech is sylva?
Sylva is a proper noun.

Words near sylva in the dictionary

  1. sylphs
  2. sylphy
  3. Sylt
  4. Syltian
  5. syluer
  6. sylva
  7. sylvacrol
  8. sylvae
  9. sylvan
  10. Sylvanas
  11. sylvaner

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sylva (page history and authors); Sylva (page history and authors); silva (page history and authors). 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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