@wordsatwork: Why are Pennsylvania and Transylvania named so similarly? Let’s learn about the history of the US and Romania, and a little about Latin, Hungarian, and linguistics along the way! #language #romania🇷🇴 #etymology #History #education

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gay.but.good.at.maths
Gay Engineer 🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈 :
Cisylvania and Transylvania
2026-09-17 20:15:04
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ceo.of.nothing218
CEO of NOTHING ʚĭɞ :
Now do Georgia and Georgia
2026-09-18 00:04:22
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benky_k4ng
user2539392358570 is cute :
Ultrasylvania goes so hard
2026-09-17 18:59:06
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alixkubdelism_
☆Rengauu☆ :
pennsylvania is city of human and transylvania is city for monsters
2026-10-04 05:53:09
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reghingeo
🇷🇴 ReghinGeo 🇪🇺 :
im from Transylvania
2026-09-17 19:48:09
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jimbo.mcgramble
JIMBO McGramble 🏳️‍⚧️☢ 🧜‍♂️ :
those are MY woods.
2026-09-17 22:24:55
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jules.amelie
júlia ☆ :
transylvania a country full of baddies 🏳️‍⚧️👄
2026-09-18 01:50:59
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user980541053
Maskmaker :
great, now i have to mourn the concept of trans woods
2026-09-17 18:26:56
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economic_disaster
Eco :
is that why they're called the Sylvanian Families?
2026-09-18 00:02:47
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shushimasleep
potato :
this made me realise Transylvania is Erdély I feel so stupid😭
2026-09-17 19:26:06
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dodothetoad
dodothetoad :
calque is short for calculator guys, im just using slang
2026-09-17 20:27:51
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feeladi3
feeladi :
It’s the other way around: Ultrasilva or Transylvania was translated into Hungarian as Erdély. When the Hungarians arrived, they settled in Pannonia, within the Roman world of the ancestors of today’s Romanians. That is why Hungary wrote in Latin for about 800 years: Hungarian royal authority had to be legitimized through Western European chanceries and the Papacy, which used Latin. “The lands beyond the forest” reflects a perspective from Pannonia, from outside the territory inhabited today by Romanians.
2026-09-18 12:49:38
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dar1u5.28
𝔻𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕦𝕤 :
I'm Romanian, and one of my teachers explained to me how the Hungarian word "Erdély" has transformed in Romanian to "Ardeal" which literally refers to the transylvanian region
2026-09-18 05:05:21
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ej.za_
ej.za :
Ultrasylvania sounds like a metal band
2026-09-18 00:25:09
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alaska._w
Alaska :
Vampires
2026-09-18 04:59:37
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dariuscoroian1
Darius Coroian :
me living in Transilvania.
2026-09-17 22:22:06
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chataccino
chataccino :
My mom’s name is Silva awww thank you for this
2026-09-18 01:33:52
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sydneylynne666
Kitty G :
And Sylvania is in Ohio
2026-09-17 18:54:59
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doilydarlingkelsey
Doily Darling :
Ultrasylvania implies the existence of Ultra Dracula.
2026-09-18 05:38:58
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leitmo
Leitmo :
Sylvanian Families must be from the woods
2026-09-17 21:22:58
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roromanroy
¿ :
so that's why Calico Critters are named Sylvanians in some countries??????????
2026-09-18 00:03:42
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indevver
Flachförster :
Kentucky was supposed to be a colony called Transylvania, which is also the name of Kentucky’s oldest college and the Presbyterian regional body in Kentucky
2026-09-17 18:28:42
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adamcivi2
adam civitarese :
Also where we get the adjective “silvan” that many people associate with wood elves and fairies
2026-09-17 18:36:06
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theneverseenitpodcast
Never Seen It Podcast :
Pepe Silvia
2026-09-17 21:13:43
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limitlessx33
Adrian :
Lost me at “that would be cool”
2026-09-17 22:53:51
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