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Definition of Silvia

1. Noun. Type genus of the Sylviidae: warblers.

Definition of Silvia

1. Proper noun. ( female given name). ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Silvia

Literary usage of Silvia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"[He hands the amulet to Silvia, who examines it carefully and then passes it to ... Silvia SETTALA. [Picking a rose out of the bunch and offering it to him. ..."

2. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"[He hands the amulet to Silvia, who examines it carefully and then passes it ... Silvia SETTALA. She is stronger and lovelier for having breathed the odour ..."

3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1920)
"Who is Silvia? what is she, That all our swains commend her? ... Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal thing ..."

4. The English Poets by Thomas Humphry Ward, Matthew Arnold (1901)
"Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling : To her let us garlands bring. ..."

5. The English Poets: Selections by Thomas Humphry Ward, Matthew Arnold (1880)
"Who is Silvia? what is she, That all our swains commend her? ... Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal thing ..."

6. The English Poets: Selections by Thomas Humphry Ward (1908)
"Who is Silvia? what is she, That all our swains commend her? ... Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal thing ..."

7. Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb, Augustine Birrell (1840)
"She had to pass through the forest where Valentine and the banditti dwelt ; and one of these robbers seized on Silvia, and would also have taken ..."

8. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"[He hands the amulet to Silvia, who examines it carefully and then passes it to ... Silvia SETTALA. [Picking a rose out of the bunch and offering it to him. ..."

9. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"[He hands the amulet to Silvia, who examines it carefully and then passes it ... Silvia SETTALA. She is stronger and lovelier for having breathed the odour ..."

10. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1920)
"Who is Silvia? what is she, That all our swains commend her? ... Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal thing ..."

11. The English Poets by Thomas Humphry Ward, Matthew Arnold (1901)
"Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling : To her let us garlands bring. ..."

12. The English Poets: Selections by Thomas Humphry Ward, Matthew Arnold (1880)
"Who is Silvia? what is she, That all our swains commend her? ... Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal thing ..."

13. The English Poets: Selections by Thomas Humphry Ward (1908)
"Who is Silvia? what is she, That all our swains commend her? ... Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal thing ..."

14. Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb, Augustine Birrell (1840)
"She had to pass through the forest where Valentine and the banditti dwelt ; and one of these robbers seized on Silvia, and would also have taken ..."

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