Transylvania

[ tran-sil-veyn-yuh, -vey-nee-uh ]

/ ˌtræn sɪlˈveɪn yə, -ˈveɪ ni ə /

a region and former province in central Romania: formerly part of Hungary. 24,027 sq. mi. (62,230 sq. km).

OTHER WORDS FROM Transylvania

Tran·syl·va·nian, adjective, noun

We were talking last night about making a vampire film festival in Transylvania.

Tilda Swinton Blasts Putin at SXSW, Discusses ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ and ‘My Cousin’ David Bowie |Marlow Stern |March 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
When the horror comes from Transylvania, there's always a comfortable giggle behind the shudders.

Jaws’s Anniversary: Newsweek’s 1975 Review |Arthur Cooper |June 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
A good amount below the GDP of the real Transylvania ($70 billion).

Gross Vampire Product |Duff McDonald |November 18, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
And Stoker had no more visited Transylvania than Burroughs Africa.

The Original Sexy Beast |Anthony Haden-Guest |July 2, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

He afterwards took a law course at Transylvania University, Kentucky, and entered on the practice of law in 1834.

Makers and Romance of Alabama History |B. F. Riley
Roumanian, or Wallack, in all parts of Transylvania, and a few in the Banat.

The Revolutionary Movement of 1848-9 in Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany |C. Edmund (Charles Edmund) Maurice
Daniel Boone's work was to cut out a road for the wagons of the Transylvania Company's colonists to pass over.

Pioneers of the Old Southwest |Constance Lindsay Skinner
The Prince of Transylvania was compelled, though very reluctantly, to assent to this treaty.

The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power |John S. C. Abbott
The “bishops” of the Lutheran Church in Transylvania are equivalent to the superintendents.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 |Various

Transylvania

/ (ˌtrænsɪlˈveɪnɪə) /

a region of central and NW Romania: belonged to Hungary from the 11th century until 1918; restored to Romania in 1947