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The Medieval Latin form Ultrasylvania (1077), later Transylvania (from another point of view after the foundation of Hungary in 895), was a direct translation from the Hungarian form. [10] In Ukrainian and German, the names Zalissia (Ukrainian: Залісся) and Überwald, both meaning "beyond the forest" are also used.
Transylvania, with an alternative Latin prepositional prefix, means "on the other side of the woods". The Medieval Latin form Ultrasylvania, later Transylvania, was a direct translation from the Hungarian form Erdő-elve, later Erdély, from which also the Romanian name, Ardeal, comes.
Transylvania is a historical region in central and northwestern Romania.It was under the rule of the Agathyrsi, part of the Dacian Kingdom (168 BC–106 AD), Roman Dacia (106–271), the Goths, the Hunnic Empire (4th–5th centuries), the Kingdom of the Gepids (5th–6th centuries), the Avar Khaganate (6th–9th centuries), the Slavs, and the 9th century First Bulgarian Empire.
Transylvanian settlements and the origin of their names (according to Hungarian historiography): [37] [36] Time frame Number of Transylvanian settlements still existing today Name of Hungarian origin Name of Romanian origin Settlements in the sources until 1300 511 428 (83.8%) 3 (0.6%) New settlements in the sources between 1301 and 1350 820
Dacia (/ ˈ d eɪ ʃ ə /, DAY-shə; Latin: [ˈd̪aː.ki.a]) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west.
Transylvania's Habsburg tricolor and the flag of Romania resemble each other superficially: Transylvania has blue-red-yellow displayed horizontally, while Romania has blue-yellow-red, vertically. The Transylvanian colors were codified from the heraldic tinctures , but Romanian scholars such as Iosif Sterca-Șuluțiu ascribe them a Dacian origin ...
The name, meaning "across the forest," is a literal translation of "Transylvania" from Latin into German. The Historian, a novel by Elizabeth Kostova. Part of the book is set in Transylvania, where the main characters search for clues about Dracula.
The origin of the office is unclear. [2] The title voivode is of Slavic origin with a meaning of "commander, lieutenant". [6] Although Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos wrote of the voivodes [7] or chieftains of the Hungarian tribes around 950, he seems to have adopted the term used by a Slavic interpreter. [8]