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Silvia

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈsɪlvi.ə//

A female given name from Latin.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A female given name from Latin.

    Who is Silvia? what is she? / That all our swains commend her? / Holy, fair and wise is she; / The heaven such grace did lend her, / That she might admired be.

  2. 2

    A surname.

Etymology

Feminine form of Silvius, from Latin silva (“forest”). In myths, Rhea Silvia was the mother of famous twins Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. 6th-century saint Silvia was the mother of the pope Gregory the Great.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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