Sylvan or Sylvans (from the Latin ''silva'': "forest, woods") may refer to:
Places
United States
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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
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Sylvan, Wisconsin, a town
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Sylvan (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated area in the town
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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
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*Sylvania Township (disambigu ...
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Sylvan Lake (South Dakota)
Sylvan Lake is a lake located in Custer State Park, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, United States. It was created in 1891 when Theodore Reder built a dam (the ''Sylvan Lake Water Dam'') across Sunday Gulch Creek. The lake area offers picnic p ...
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Sylvan Pass (Wyoming), a mountain pass in Yellowstone National Park
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Sylvan-Highlands, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood of Portland, Oregon
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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
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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
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Sylvan Lake (Alberta)
Sylvan Lake is a large lake in central Alberta, Canada. The resort town of Sylvan Lake is established on the shores of the lake, west of the city of Red Deer.
Sylvan Lake is a mesotrophic lake with a total area of , and a maximum depth of . I ...
* 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
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Sylvan (band), a German progressive rock band
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Sylvan Whittingham/Mason (songwriter) Singer, Songwriter, Photographer
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Sylvan Esso
Sylvan Esso is an American electronic pop duo from Durham, North Carolina, formed in 2013. The band consists of singer Amelia Meath (born July 2, 1988) and producer Nick Sanborn (born March 8, 1983). They made their debut with the single "Hey Mam ...
, an American indie pop band
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''Sylvan'' (TV series), a Spanish animated series created by Antoni D'ocon
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Sylvan Campaign, a faction in the video game ''Heroes of Might and Magic V''
Names
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Sylvan (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname
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Sylvan Debating Club
The Sylvan Debating Club is a free speech society in which topical issues are discussed. Founded in London in 1868, it meets monthly and employs a traditional motion-based debating format."The Sylvan Debating Club. Mr. Maxse and the Sanctity of C ...
, a free speech society in London
* Sylvan, a Latin adjective meaning of or from the woodland
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Sylvan Learning
Sylvan Learning, Inc. (formerly Sylvan Learning Corporation) consists of franchising, franchised and corporate supplemental learning centers which provide personalized instruction in Reading (process), reading, writing, mathematics, study skills, ...
, a remedial and enrichment tutoring company
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Sylvans S.C., a football club based on the Channel Island of Guernsey
* another name for
2-methyl furan, a flammable liquid
See also
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519 Sylvania, asteroid
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Silvan (disambiguation)
Silvan may refer to:
* Saint Silvan, Christian martyr
* Silvan (illusionist), Italian magician
* Silvan Byggemarked, Danish chain store that sells building materials
* Silvan Elves, woodland elves of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
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Silvania (disambiguation) Silvania may refer to:
* Silvania, Brazil, a municipality in southcentral Goiás state, Brazil
* Silvania, Colombia, a town and municipality in Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
* Silvania County, a designation for Sălaj County, Romania
* Silv ...
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Silvanus (disambiguation)
Silvanus or Sylvanus may refer to:
*Silas (Silvanus), disciple, mentioned in four New Testament epistles
*Silvanus (monk), one of the Desert Fathers
*Silvanus of the Seventy, a traditional figure in Eastern Orthodox tradition assumed to be one of t ...
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Silvanus (mythology)
Silvanus (; meaning "of the woods" in Latin) was a Roman tutelary deity of woods and uncultivated lands. As protector of the forest (''sylvestris deus''), he especially presided over plantations and delighted in trees growing wild.Tibullus II.5.2 ...
, Roman deity from whom the adjective ''sylvan'' derives
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Sylvain (disambiguation) Sylvain is the French form of Silvanus. It may refer to:
People
*Sylvain Archambault, Canadian director
*Sylvain Bied (1965–2011), French footballer and manager
* Sylvain Cappell (born 1946), American mathematician
* Sylvain Chavanel (born 197 ...
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Sylvania (disambiguation)
Sylvania (Latin for "forest land" or "woods") may refer to:
Companies trading as Sylvania
* Sylvania Electric Products, a former major American diversified electrical and electronics manufacturer
* Sylvania (brand), its Canadian lighting produ ...
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