Sylvania (Latin for "forest land" or "woods") may refer to:

Companies trading as Sylvania

Sylvania Electric Products Sylvania Electric Products Inc. was an American manufacturer of diverse electrical equipment, including at various times radio transceivers, vacuum tubes, semiconductors, and mainframe computers such as MOBIDIC. They were one of the companies in ...

, a former major American diversified electrical and electronics manufacturer *

Sylvania (brand) Sylvania is a Canadian multinational electronics corporation headquartered in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada. The company is owned in North America by Osram Sylvania and, outside of North America, Feilo Sylvania. The two license the brand to other ...

, its Canadian lighting products division which continues to license to both Havells Sylvania and Osram Sylvania *

Osram Sylvania Osram Sylvania Inc. is the North American operation of lighting manufacturer Osram. It was established in January 1993, with the acquisition of GTE’s Sylvania lighting division by Osram GmbH. In 2016, Osram spun off their general lighting busi ...

, an American lighting manufacturer owned by Osram AG of Germany *

Havells Sylvania Havells Sylvania (now Feilo Sylvania) and formerly SLI (Sylvania Lighting International), is an international designer and manufacturer of lighting products, trading as Sylvania. It has plants throughout Europe, Asia, North Africa and Central and So ...

, an international lighting manufacturer owned by Shanghai Feilo Acoustics Ltd

Education

Sylvania City School District Sylvania City School District is a school district in Northwest Ohio. The school district serves students who live in the city of Sylvania, and Sylvania Township in Lucas County. The superintendent is Jane Spurgeon Grades 9-12 *Sylvania North ...

, in Northwest Ohio, United States *

Sylvania High School Sylvania High School (abbreviated as SHS) is a high school situated in the Sutherland Shire, in the Southeast region of Sydney, New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Ne ...

, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Places

United States

Sylvania, Alabama Sylvania is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in October 1967.James Kaetz,Sylvania" ''Encyclopedia of Alabama'', 19 November 2012. At the 2010 census the population was 1,837, up from 1,186 in ...

Sylvania, Arkansas Sylvania, Arkansas is an unincorporated community located in Lonoke County, Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Lou ...

Sylvania, Georgia Sylvania is a town in and the county seat of Screven County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,956 at the 2010 census. History The area was inhabited for thousands of years by various cultures of indigenous peoples. By the time of Euro ...

Sylvania, Indiana Sylvania is an unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 S ...

Sylvania, Louisville Sylvania is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky located near Terry Road along Sylvania Road. Geography Sylvania is located at . References # External links"Sylvania: Embattled from the Start, Community Has Fashioned Its Character as One of ...

, Kentucky * Sylvania, Missouri *

Sylvania, Ohio Sylvania is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 19,011 at the 2020 census. Sylvania is a suburb of Toledo, and encompassed by Sylvania Township. Its northern border is the southern border of the state of Michigan. T ...

Sylvania, Pennsylvania Sylvania is a borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 216 at the 2020 census. Children residing in the borough are assigned to attend the Troy Area School District. Geography Sylvani ...

* Sylvania, Wisconsin *

Mount Sylvania Mount Sylvania is an extinct volcano, part of the Boring Lava Field, on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. Parts of the mountain are within the cities of Portland, Lake Oswego, and Tigard. The Sylvania campus of Portland Community College P ...

, in Oregon *

Sylvania Mountains The Sylvania Mountains are located in Inyo County, California and Esmeralda County, Nevada in the United States. The range trends in an east–west direction, north of the Last Chance Range at the northern end of Death Valley National Park. The L ...

, in California and Nevada *

Sylvania Township (disambiguation) Sylvania Township may refer to the following places: * Sylvania Township, Scott County, Missouri * Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio * Sylvania Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania ;See also: *Sylvan Township (disambiguation) Sylvan Township ...

Sylvania Wilderness Sylvania Wilderness is an protected area located a few miles west of Watersmeet Township, Michigan. Sylvania is located entirely within the bounds of the Ottawa National Forest, and is currently being managed as a wilderness area as part of the ...

, in Michigan

Other places

Sylvania, New South Wales Sylvania is a suburb in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, south of the Sydney central business district in the Sutherland Shire. It is well known for its large waterfront properties and restaurants. Sylvania is mostly residential bu ...

, a suburb of Sydney, Australia *

Sylvania, Saskatchewan Sylvania is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Sylvania is home to Patrick McKenna, co-Star of ''The Red Green Show.'' Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sylvania had a population of 52 l ...

, Canada

Fictional locations

* Sylvania (''Warhammer''), the fictitious realm of the Vampire Counts in the ''Warhammer Fantasy Battle'' game * Sylvania, a fictional country from the movie ''

Duck Soup (1933 film) ''Duck Soup'' is a 1933 American pre-Code musical black comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin, directed by Leo McCarey. Released theatrically by Paramount Pictures on Nov ...

'' * Sylvania, a fictional country from the comedy film ''

The Love Parade ''The Love Parade'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, involving the marital difficulties of Queen Louise of Sylvania (MacDonald) and her consort, ...

'' (1929) * Sylvania, the fictional home of the

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 ...

toy line

Ships

* , an American lake freighter * , a British ocean liner * , various ships of the United States Navy

Other uses

519 Sylvania Sylvania (minor planet designation: 519 Sylvania) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in ...

, an asteroid *

Sylvania (McCormick County, South Carolina) Sylvania in McCormick County, South Carolina, near Bradley, South Carolina, was built in 1825. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The house is thought to have been built in 1825 by John Hearst, the great uncle of ...

, an historic house *

Sylvania Airport Sylvania Airport is a privately owned public use airport located 3 miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Sturtevant, Wisconsin, a community in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. Although most airports in the Uni ...

, in Wisconsin *

Sylvania Watkins Sylvania "Sly" Watkins (born February 18, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Moncton Miracles of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). He played college basketball at Okaloosa–Walton Commu ...

(born 1985), American basketball player *

The Sylvania The Sylvania is a historic apartment building located at Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1906, and consists of two three-story, detached glazed brick and grey limestone buildings. It features Renaissance Revival style door and window surrou ...

, an historic apartment building in Indianapolis, Indiana