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'''Sylvania''' literally means "forest land" in [[Latin]]. It is used to mean several different things:
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==Companies==
* [[Osram Sylvania]], North American lighting company started in Emporium, Pennsylvania in 1924
==Places==
===Canada===
*[[Sylvania, Saskatchewan]], an urban community in the Rural Municipality of [[Tisdale No. 427, Saskatchewan]]
===United States===
*[[Sylvania, Alabama]]
*[[Sylvania, Georgia]]
*[[Sylvania, Ohio]]
*Sylvania, an extinct volcano on the outskirts of [[Portland, Oregon]]; a campus of Portland Community College is located there
*[[Sylvania Wilderness]], a Federal Wilderness Area in Michigan
*[[Pennsylvania]], a U.S. state whose name means William Penn's woods
*[[Transylvania University]], an university in [[Lexington, Kentucky]]
===Australia===
*[[Sylvania, New South Wales]]
*[[Sylvania Waters, New South Wales]]
===Romania===
*[[Transylvania]], a region of Romania, and home of the fictional vampire Count Dracula
==Entertainment==
*''[[Sylvania Waters]]'', a 1992 Australian reality television show
*Sylvania, a fictional country from the movie ''[[Duck Soup]]''
*Sylvania, the fictional home to the [[Sylvanian Families]] toy line
*Sylvania, an imperial province infested with vampires in the ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' game
==See also==
*The derived name, [[Sylvester]]
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