Sylvan or Sylvans (from the Latin ''silva'': "forest, woods") can have one of the following meanings:

A countryside scene

The term "A Sylvan Scene" is used to describe a beautiful and idealised scene in the countryside. Historical reference: John Milton used these words in Paradise Lost (1667) to describe “A Steep Wilderness”: “Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theater Of stateliest view.” Current reference: Collins dictionary: Sylvan describes an association with woods and trees.

Places

United States

Sylvan, Illinois Sylvan is a former settlement in Panther Creek Township, Cass County, Illinois, Panther Creek Township, Cass County, Illinois, Cass County, Illinois, United States. Sylvan was southwest of Newmansville, Illinois, Newmansville. The town was popul ...

, a former settlement *

Sylvan, Wisconsin Sylvan is a town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 547 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Bosstown, Sabin, and Sylvan are located within the town. The ghost town of Mill Creek was also located in ...

, a town **

Sylvan (community), Wisconsin Sylvan is a town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 547 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Bosstown, Sabin, and Sylvan are located within the town. The ghost town of Mill Creek was also located in ...

, an unincorporated area in the town *

Sylvan Township (disambiguation) Sylvan Township may refer to the following places in the United States: * Sylvan Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan * Sylvan Township, Cass County, Minnesota * Sylvan Township, Osceola County, Michigan ;See also: *Sylvania Township (disambigu ...

* Sylvan Lake (disambiguation) *

Sylvan Pass (Wyoming) Sylvan Pass (el. ) is a mountain pass located in the Absaroka Range in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. The pass provides access to the park from the east entrance. The pass was named after nearby Sylvan Lake (derived from medieval Latin s ...

, a mountain pass in Yellowstone National Park *

Sylvan-Highlands, Portland, Oregon Sylvan-Highlands is a neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States located on the west side of the West Hills. History In 1850, Nathan B. Jones, a pioneer of 1847, settled at the head of Tanner Creek and platted lots for a community he cal ...

, a neighborhood of Portland, Oregon **

West Haven-Sylvan, Oregon West Haven-Sylvan is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Oregon, Washington and Multnomah County, Oregon, Multnomah counties, Oregon, United States, north of U.S. Route 26 (Oregon), U.S. Route 26. As of the 2020 United States cen ...

, a neighboring unincorporated area *

Sylvan Beach, New York Sylvan Beach is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States; in the southeastern end of the Town of Vienna. It is twenty-two miles west of Rome. At the 2010 census, the population of Sylvan Beach was 897. History Before European explor ...

* Penn's Sylvania ( Penn's Woods), the

Province of Pennsylvania The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn after receiving a land grant from Charles II of England in 1681. The name Pennsylvania ("Penn's Woods") refers to W ...

which was the kernel of the later state

Canada

* Sylvan Lake (Alberta) * Sylvan, a community in the municipality of

North Middlesex, Ontario North Middlesex is a municipality in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. The restructured municipality of North Middlesex was incorporated on January 1, 2001. This amalgamation joined five municipalities — the townships of East Williams, West W ...

Arts and entertainment

Sylvan (band) Sylvan is a German progressive rock band. History Kay Söhl and keyboardists Volker Söhl and Matthias Harder founded the band Temporal Temptation in 1990. That summer, the eventual founders of Sylvan first played live — mostly hard rock sun ...

, a German progressive rock band * Sylvan Esso, an American indie pop band * ''Sylvan'' (TV series), a Spanish animated series created by Antoni D'ocon * Sylvan Campaign, a faction in the video game ''Heroes of Might and Magic V''

Names

Sylvan (name) Sylvan is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to: Given name * Sylvan Adams (born 1958), Israeli-Canadian businessman * Sylvan Anderton (born 1934), English footballer * Sylvan Barnet (born 1926), American literary critic * Sylva ...

, a list of people with either the given name or surname * Sylvan Debating Club, a free speech society in London * Sylvan, a Latin adjective meaning of or from the woodland * Sylvan Learning, a remedial and enrichment tutoring company * Sylvans S.C., a football club based on the Channel Island of Guernsey * another name for 2-methyl furan, a flammable liquid