silvia

English - English

Definition of silvia in English English dictionary

A female given name

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.

{i} female first name; family name; category of warblers (Zoology)

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

type genus of the Sylviidae: warblers

Italian - English

Definition of silvia in Italian English dictionary

Sylvia

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.