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 Historical reference: John Milton used these words in Paradise Lost (1667) to describe “A Steep Wilderness”:“Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm,A sylvan scene, and as the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.

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