Associations to the word «Transylvania»

Wiktionary

TRANSYLVANIA, proper noun. A region in the west of Romania.
TRANSYLVANIA SAXON, noun. A Transylvanian Saxon.
TRANSYLVANIA SAXONS, noun. Plural of Transylvania Saxon

Dictionary definition

TRANSYLVANIA, noun. A historical plateau region in northwestern Romania that is separated from the rest of the country by the Transylvanian Alps; originally part of Hungary; incorporated into Romania at the end of World War I.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats