Sylvan Explained

Sylvan or Sylvans (from the Latin silva: "forest, woods") can have one of the following meanings:

A countryside scene

The term "A Sylvan Scene" is used to describe a beautiful and idealised scene in the countryside. Historical reference: John Milton used these words in Paradise Lost (1667) to describe “A Steep Wilderness”:“Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm,A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascendShade above shade, a woody theaterOf stateliest view.”

Current reference: Collins dictionary: Sylvan describes an association with woods and trees.

Places

United States

Sylvan, Illinois, a former settlement
Sylvan, Wisconsin, a town
- Sylvan (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated area in the town
Sylvan Township (disambiguation)
Sylvan Lake (disambiguation)
Sylvan Pass (Wyoming), a mountain pass in Yellowstone National Park
Sylvan-Highlands, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood of Portland, Oregon
- West Haven-Sylvan, Oregon, a neighboring unincorporated area
Sylvan Beach, New York
Penn's Sylvania (Penn's Woods), the Province of Pennsylvania which was the kernel of the later state

Canada

Sylvan Lake (Alberta)
Sylvan, a community in the municipality of North Middlesex, Ontario

Arts and entertainment

Sylvan (band), a German progressive rock band
Sylvan Esso, an American indie pop band
Sylvan (TV series), a Spanish animated series created by Antoni D'ocon
Sylvan Campaign, a faction in the video game Heroes of Might and Magic V

Names

Sylvan (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname
Sylvan Debating Club, a free speech society in London
Sylvan, a Latin adjective meaning of or from the woodland
Sylvan Learning, a remedial and enrichment tutoring company
Sylvans S.C., a football club based on the Channel Island of Guernsey
another name for 2-methyl furan, a flammable liquid