Sylva may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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''Sylva'' (Snarky Puppy album), 2015
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*''Sylva'', a 1960 novel by
Jean Bruller
Jean Marcel Adolphe Bruller (26 February 1902 – 10 June 1991) was a French writer and illustrator who co-founded the publishing company Les Éditions de Minuit with Pierre de Lescure. Born to a Hungarian-Jewish father, he joined the French Resi ...
*''Sylva, A Tale of Thirty Three Trees, a novel 2020''
People
People with the given name
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Sylva Ashworth (1874–1958), an American chiropractor
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Sylva Kelegian
Sylva Kelegian (born February 22, 1962) is an Armenian-American actress.
She was born in New York City on February 22, 1962. She appeared in such television shows as ''Law & Order'', ''Desperate Housewives'', ''Invasion'', ''Prison Break'', ''E ...
(born 1962), American actress
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Sylva Koscina
Sylva Koscina (; born Silvija Košćina, ; 22 August 1933 – 26 December 1994) was a Yugoslav-born Italian actress, maybe best remembered for her role as Iole, the bride of Hercules ( Steve Reeves) in ''Hercules'' (1958) and ''Hercules Unchai ...
(1933–1994), Italian actress
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Sylva Langova (1921–2010), Czech actress
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Sylva Lauerová (born 1962), a Czech writer and poet
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Sylva Macharová
Sylva Macharová (23 June 1893 – 19 January 1968) was a Czech nurse who was one of the first trained nurses in Prague. She headed the first nursing school in the country between 1923 and 1931. She was one of the inaugural recipients of the Flor ...
(1893–1968), a Czech nurse
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Sylva Stuart Watson (1894–1984), British theatre manager
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Sylva Zalmanson (born 1944), a Soviet-born Jewish activist, artist and engineer
People with the surname
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Buddy DeSylva
George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva (January 27, 1895 – July 11, 1950) was an American songwriter, film producer and record executive. He wrote or co-wrote many popular songs and, along with Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs, he co-founded Capitol Re ...
(1895–1950), American songwriter
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Carmen Sylva
Pauline Elisabeth Ottilie Luise of Wied (29 December 18432 March 1916) was the first queen of Romania as the wife of King Carol I from 15 March 1881 to 27 September 1914. She had been the princess consort of Romania since her marriage to then- ...
(1843–1916), German writer and poet, nom de plume of Elisabeth of Wied, queen consort of Romania
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Marguerite Sylva
Marguerite Sylva (also known as Marguerita Sylva) (10 July 1875 – 21 February 1957) was a Belgian born mezzo-soprano who achieved fame not only on the opera stage but also in operetta and musical theatre. She was particularly known for her p ...
(1875–1957), Belgian mezzo-soprano
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Rene Sylva
Rene Sylva (January 27 1929 – December 28, 2008) was a native Hawaiian botanist from Paia, Hawaii. He was among the only native Hawaiian fishermen to speak in favor
of a ban on fishing green sea turtles. After giving up a career in turtle fishi ...
(1929–2008), American botanist
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Timipre Sylva
Timipre Marlin Sylva (born 7 July 1964) is a Nigerian politician, he is a former List of Governors of Bayelsa State, Governor of Bayelsa State, Nigeria, and the current Nigeria Minister of State for Petroleum & Resources Corporation, Petroleum Re ...
(born 1964), Nigerian politician
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Tony Sylva
Tony Mario Sylva (born 17 May 1975) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He spent the vast majority of his 16-year professional career in France, playing in 157 Ligue 1 games during eight seasons and repre ...
(born 1975), Senegalese footballer
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Vincent Da Sylva
Vincent Da Sylva (born 8 January 1973) is a Senegalese-French retired basketball player. He represented Senegal at the 1998 FIBA World Championship. In his career, he played in Senegal, Lebanon and France.
Honours
* Bronze medal with the Champi ...
(born 1973), Senegalese basketball player
Places
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Sylva, North Carolina
Sylva is an incorporated town located in central Jackson County, in the Plott Balsam Mountains of Western North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 2,588. It is the county seat, taking over the ro ...
, U.S.
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Sylva (river)
The Sylva () is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast and Perm Krai in Russia. It is in length. The area of the basin is . The Sylva flows into the Chusovoy Cove of the Kama Reservoir. It freezes up in November and stays under the ice until April. Princi ...
, Russia
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Sylva, Perm Krai
Sylva (russian: Сылва) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Sylvenskoye Rural Settlement, Permsky District, Perm Krai, Russia. The population was 8,324 as of 2010. There are 140 streets.
Geography
Sylva is loc ...
, Russia
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Lake Sylva
Lake Sylva is an 11-acre man-made lake along the Shabakunk Creek on the campus of The College of New Jersey in Ewing, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United Sta ...
, on the campus of The College of New Jersey, U.S.
Other uses
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Sylva Autokits
Sylva Autokits is a kit car manufacturer based in Lincolnshire, England. Sylva was founded in 1981 by Jeremy Phillips and has developed and produced a number of small and lightweight sports cars. Sylva cars have won a number of 750 Motor Club K ...
, a British kit car manufacturer
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Sylva Foundation
The Sylva Foundation is an environmental organisation focusing on trees and forestry established in 2006, and registered as a charity in England and Wales in 2009 and with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator in 2010. The organisation wa ...
, a British tree and forestry charity
See also
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Silva (disambiguation)
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Sylvanian Families
is a line of collectible anthropomorphic animal figurines made of flocked plastic. They were created by the Japanese gaming company Epoch in 1985 and distributed worldwide by a number of companies.
History Beginning and growth
At the beginning ...
, a line of collectible anthropomorphic animal figures made of flocked plastic
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