Sylvania

Sylvania literally means "forest land" in Latin. The term can be used in a variety of contexts:

Astronomy

• 519 Sylvania, an asteroid

Companies

• Sylvania (brand), a brand of consumer electronics sold by Funai
• Havells Sylvania, an international manufacturer of light sources and luminaires. It has plants throughout Europe, Asia, North Africa and Central and South America, and is one of the few lighting companies that produces both lamps and light fixtures
• Osram Sylvania, a North American manufacturer of light sources, wholly owned by Osram AG of Germany
• Sylvania 300, a NASCAR race sponsored by Osram Sylvania
• Sylvania Electric Products, former North American electric and electronics firm, forerunner to Havells Sylvania and Osram Sylvania

Education

• Sylvania City School District, a school district in Northwest Ohio that serves students who live in the city of Sylvania, and Sylvania Twp. in Lucas County
• Sylvania High School, a high school situated in the Sutherland Shire, in the South-East region of Sydney, New South Wales

Places

Australia

• Sylvania, New South Wales, a suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sylvania is located 22 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the Sutherland Shire
• Sylvania Waters, New South Wales, a suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sylvania Waters is located 21 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Sutherland Shire

Canada

• Sylvania, Saskatchewan, an urban community in the Rural Municipality of Tisdale No. 427, Saskatchewan

Serbia

• Sylvania, Šumadija, meaning forest land, a central part of modern Serbia

United States

• Pennsylvania, meaning Penn's Forest or Penn's Woods, in reference to William Penn's father, Admiral Penn
• Pittsylvania County, Virginia
• Spotsylvania County, Virginia
• Sylvania, Alabama
• Sylvania, Georgia
• The Sylvania, listed on the NRHP in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Sylvania, Indiana
• Sylvania, Louisville, Kentucky
• Sylvania, Missouri
• Sylvania, Ohio, a city in Lucas County, Ohio
• Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio, one of the eleven townships of Lucas County
• Sylvania, Pennsylvania, a borough in Bradford County
• Sylvania Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania
• Sylvania (McCormick County, South Carolina), listed on the NRHP near Bradley, South Carolina, in McCormick County, South Carolina
• Sylvania, Wisconsin
• Mount Sylvania, an extinct volcano, part of the Boring Lava Field, on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon
• Sylvania Mountains, located in Inyo County, California and Esmeralda County, Nevada in the United States.
  • Sylvania Mountains Wilderness, a federally designated wilderness area located 30 miles (48 km) east of Bishop in the state of California
• Sylvania Wilderness, a federal wilderness area in Michigan

Entertainment and Media

Fictional characters

• Swink Sylvania, a character in the film Stay Alive (2006)

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)
• Sylvania, a fictional country from the comedy film The Love Parade (1929)
• Sylvania, the fictional home of the Sylvanian Families toy line

Works

• Sylvania Waters (TV series), a 1992 Australian reality television show

Vessels

• RMS Sylvania, 1957 Cunard passenger ship
• USS Sylvania, the name of two US Navy ships

See also

• Castlevania, a video game series created and developed by Konami
• Pennsylvania, a U.S Commonwealth located in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States
• Spotsylvania (disambiguation)
• Sylvan Learning
• Sylvester, a derived name
• Transylvania, a historical region in the central part of Romania