Sylvia
Proper noun
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Proper noun
- (Roman mythology) Short for Princess Rhea Silvia, the mother of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome.
- (astronomy) 87 Sylvia, a main belt asteroid; named for Rhea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Remus.
- A female given name, a popular spelling variant of Silvia.
- 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber 1933, page 91 ("Girls' Names")
- What lovely names for girls there are!
- There's Stella like the Evening Star,
- And Sylvia like a rustling tree, […]
- 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber 1933, page 91 ("Girls' Names")
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