Sylvia
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A female given name from Latin, a popular spelling variant of Silvia.
— What lovely names for girls there are! There's Stella like the Evening Star, And Sylvia like a rustling tree, […]
- A minor city in Reno County, Kansas, United States.
- Short for Princess Rhea Silvia, the mother of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome.
- 87 Sylvia, a main belt asteroid; named for Rhea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Remus.
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Feminine form of a Medieval form of Silvius, from Latin silva (“forest”). In myths, Rhea Silvia was the mother of famous twins Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. 6th-century saint Silvia was the mother of the pope Gregory the Great.
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