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What (who) is Sylvan - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Sylvan (tree spirits); Sylvans; Sylvan (disambiguation)

Sylvan         
·adj Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
II. Sylvan ·adj Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
III. Sylvan ·adj A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
IV. Sylvan ·noun A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood;
- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.
sylvan         
I. a.
1.
Forest-like.
2.
Woody, shady.
II. n.
Satyr, faun.
sylvan         
(also silvan)
¦ adjective chiefly literary consisting of or associated with woods; wooded.
?pleasantly rural or pastoral.
Origin
C16 (as noun denoting an inhabitant of the woods): from Fr. sylvain or L. Silvanus 'woodland deity', from silva 'a wood'.

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Sylvan

Sylvan or Sylvans (from the Latin silva: "forest, woods") may refer to:

Examples of use of Sylvan
1. There, on a beautiful summer‘s day, all the cliches of sylvan splendour came to life.
2. And it‘s tough, keeping thoughts of jihadism from spoiling the sylvan scene.
3. Counseling will be available Monday for her classmates at Sylvan–Verona Beach Elementary School, principal Moira Yardley said.
4. Indeed, one of the proposals is to move the Sylvan Theater, whose 1'70s structure stands about 10 feet from the Washington Monument‘s new security perimeter.
5. And the outdoor Sylvan Theater, which sits next to the Washington Monument and traces its history to 1'17, looks shabby and dilapidated.