English Explanatory Dictionary

Syldavia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An imaginary country located in the Balkans and enemy of Borduria, in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin.
  2. A generic name of a fictional country, generally contrasted with a rival counterpart Borduria.

Pronunciation

/sɪlˈdeɪ.vi.ə/

Word forms

Syldavia

Etymology

From French Syldavie. Blend of Transylvanie + Moldavie. Coined by Hergé in 1939 for King Ottokar's Sceptre.

Translations

Bengali: সিলদাভিয়া Breton: Sildavia Chinese: 西爾達維亞 /西尔达维亚 Danish: Syldavien Dutch: Syldavië Esperanto: Sildavio Finnish: Syldavia French: Syldavie German: Syldavien Indonesian: Syldavia Italian: Syldavia Japanese: シルダビア Korean: 실다비아 Norwegian Bokmål: Syldavia Persian: سیلداویا Portuguese: Sildávia Russian: Сильдавия Spanish: Syldavia Swedish: Syldavien Turkish: Sildavya
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