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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
Lived since the High Middle Ages onwards in Transylvania as well as in other parts of contemporary Romania. Additionally, the Transylvanian Saxons are the eldest ethnic German group in non-native majority German-inhabited Central-Eastern Europe, alongside the Zipsers in Slovakia and Romania (who began to settle in present-day Slovakia starting in the 13th century).
5) the name Mihály is the Hungarian form of the Hebrew name which is Michael in English, Miguel in Spanish etc. So when the name was adopted into Hungarian, the letter "ly" was used where the letter "l" was used in other languages. Scott Moore 12:13, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC) The 'bivol'/'bivoly' example is not a good example.
Mavis is a feminine given name, derived from a name for the common Old World song thrush. [1] Its first modern usage was in Marie Corelli 's 1895 novel The Sorrows of Satan , which featured a character named Mavis Clare (whose name was said to be "rather odd but suitable", as "she sings quite as sweetly as any thrush" [ 2 ] ).
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.