Sylvia
pronunciation
How to pronounce Sylvia in British English:
UK ['silviə]
How to pronounce Sylvia in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Sylvia
- fem. proper name, literally "inhabiting woods," from Latin silva "wood, forest" (see sylvan). Also the genus name of warblers, hence adjective Sylvian.
Example
- 1. Sylvia rolled her eyes at me when the books slipped .
- 2. Sylvia 's mother says " sylvia 's busy "
- 3. On the way over , as I heard later , henry 's father explained to his son that they were going to meet a new friend named sylvia .
- 4. Several famous writers have committed suicide including ernest hemingway sylvia plath and david foster wallace .
- 5. Sylvia plath leaves her home in wellesley , massachusetts , on her way to new york city .