Sylvania

Sylvania

Sylvania literally means "forest land" in Latin. It is used to mean several different things:

Companies

* Osram Sylvania, North American lighting company started in Emporium, Pennsylvania in 1924

porting Events

* Sylvania 300, a NASCAR race sponsored by Osram Sylvania

Places

Canada

*Sylvania, Saskatchewan, an urban community in the Rural Municipality of Tisdale No. 427, Saskatchewan

United States

*Sylvania, Alabama
*Sylvania, Georgia
*Sylvania, Ohio
*Sylvania, an extinct volcano on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon; a campus of Portland Community College is located there
*Sylvania Wilderness, a Federal Wilderness Area in Michigan
*Pennsylvania, a U.S. state whose name means William Penn's woods
*Transylvania University, an university in Lexington, Kentucky
*Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Australia

*Sylvania, New South Wales
*Sylvania Waters, New South Wales

Romania

*Transylvania, a region of Romania, and home of the fictional vampire Count Dracula

Entertainment

*"Sylvania Waters", a 1992 Australian reality television show
*Sylvania, a fictional country from the movie "Duck Soup"
*Sylvania, the fictional home to the Sylvanian Families toy line
*Sylvania, an imperial province infested with vampires in the "Warhammer Fantasy Battle" game

ee also

*The derived name, Sylvester


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  • Sylvania — Sylvania, AL U.S. town in Alabama Population (2000): 1186 Housing Units (2000): 517 Land area (2000): 7.325642 sq. miles (18.973325 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.112587 sq. miles (0.291598 sq. km) Total area (2000): 7.438229 sq. miles (19.264923… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Sylvania — ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den USA, Sylvania (Alabama), Sylvania (Arkansas), Sylvania (Georgia), Sylvania (Ohio), Sylvania (Pennsylvania), sowie zweier Hersteller im Bereich Beleuchtungstechnik, siehe Osram und Havells SYLVANIA. und eines… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Sylvania, AL — U.S. town in Alabama Population (2000): 1186 Housing Units (2000): 517 Land area (2000): 7.325642 sq. miles (18.973325 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.112587 sq. miles (0.291598 sq. km) Total area (2000): 7.438229 sq. miles (19.264923 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Sylvania, GA — U.S. city in Georgia Population (2000): 2675 Housing Units (2000): 1285 Land area (2000): 3.791540 sq. miles (9.820043 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.791540 sq. miles (9.820043 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Sylvania, OH — U.S. city in Ohio Population (2000): 18670 Housing Units (2000): 7392 Land area (2000): 5.792355 sq. miles (15.002129 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.044870 sq. miles (0.116213 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.837225 sq. miles (15.118342 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Sylvania, PA — U.S. borough in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 200 Housing Units (2000): 85 Land area (2000): 0.620086 sq. miles (1.606016 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.620086 sq. miles (1.606016 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • SYLVANIA — urbs et conventus Helvetiorum, inter Uriam et Suetiam; vulgo Underwalden, Angl. Undewauld. Unus ex XIII. Pagis Helvetiorum, cuius vicus primarius Stantz. Separatur a Septentrione a Suitensi pago Lucerino latu, ab Ortu habet Uriensem Pagum, a… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Sylvania — 1 Original name in latin Sylvania Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/Chicago longitude 34.56231 latitude 85.81247 altitude 421 Population 1837 Date 2011 05 14 2 Original name in latin Sylvania Name in other language State …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

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