Sylvania 154128 219164582 2008-06-13T21:32:29Z 74.11.97.210 /* United States */ Add another '''Sylvania''' literally means "forest land" in [[Latin]]. It is used to mean several different things: {{TOCright}} ==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]] {{disambig}} [[de:Sylvania]] [[nl:Sylvania]] [[pl:Sylvania]] [[vo:Sylvania]]