Definition of Sylvia

1. Proper noun. ( female given name), a popular spelling variant of Silvia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sylvia

1. a warbler [n -S] - See also: warbler

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sylvia

sylphs
sylphy
sylva
sylvae
sylvan
sylvaner
sylvaners
sylvanite
sylvanites
sylvanium
sylvans
sylvas
sylvate
sylvates
sylvatic
sylvia (current term)
sylvias
sylvic acid
sylvicoline
sylviculture
sylvicultures
sylviculturist
sylviculturists
sylviine
sylvin
sylvine
sylvines
sylvinite
sylvinites
sylvins

Literary usage of Sylvia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1891)
"sylvia settled down as he began " Once upon a time," and after the first few ... Then to sylvia let us sing, She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull ..."

2. The Nineteenth Century (1885)
"Dorante, the false Harlequin, proposes to sylvia, the false Lizette. The false Lizette, believing Dorante to be a real valet, repels his advances, ..."

3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1891)
"sylvia sprang lightly from one wet stone to another, till she reached mid-stream at the ... But sylvia was beside him. " Are you ready for me 1 " she asked, ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"LETTERS AND THE ARTS sylvia WEATHERS THE STORM A, L.MERICANS who have visited Paris in recent years will remember the English bookshop of sylvia Beach, ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1891)
"sylvia settled down as he began " Once upon a time," and after the first few ... Then to sylvia let us sing, She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull ..."

6. The Nineteenth Century (1885)
"Dorante, the false Harlequin, proposes to sylvia, the false Lizette. The false Lizette, believing Dorante to be a real valet, repels his advances, ..."

7. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1891)
"sylvia sprang lightly from one wet stone to another, till she reached mid-stream at the ... But sylvia was beside him. " Are you ready for me 1 " she asked, ..."

8. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"LETTERS AND THE ARTS sylvia WEATHERS THE STORM A, L.MERICANS who have visited Paris in recent years will remember the English bookshop of sylvia Beach, ..."

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