Sylvania

Ohio township name

Sylvania is a proper name suggesting a forested or wooded place, from Latin *silva* (forest).

It appears in place names like Pennsylvania and Transylvania.

As a brand name, Sylvania is associated with lighting products and electronics.

The word evokes sylvan imagery—rural, tree-covered, pastoral.

etymology

forest

Tree-dense ecosystem

wooded · pastoral · rustic · grove · arboreal · verdant · leafy · bucolic · nature · etymology

lighting

lightbulbs

Electric illumination devices

lamps · tubes · fixtures · illumination · GTE · wattage · lumens · filament · halogen · ballast

geographic

Ohio

Midwestern state, major river

municipality · community · neighborhood · residential · Midwest · American · village · county · incorporation · census

brand

trademark

Registered commercial identifier

packaging · manufacturing · consumer · electronics · company · merger · acquisition · Philips · GTE · marketing

Opposites
brand competition

SylvaniaPhilips

Electronics and healthcare conglomerate

GE · Westinghouse

etymological/landscape meaning

Sylvaniadesert

To leave behind completely

prairie · steppe · tundra · savanna · barren

Family

sylvan, Pennsylvania, Transylvania

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G