(n.) A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.
Example Sentences:
Silvan
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody.
(n.) See Sylvanium.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Jerusalem, Silvan Shalom, the Israeli foreign minister, said Israel was disappointed with New Zealand's reaction.
(2) Silvan Shalom, speaking after meeting the Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat in the West Bank city of Jericho, told reporters: "We hope that the talks between Israel and the Palestinians in Washington will begin next week, hopefully Tuesday.
(3) Shortly after the exit polls were released, the Likud minister Silvan Shalom said that Netanyahu would invite Bennett – the leader of the far-right, pro-settler party Jewish Home – Lieberman, the ultra-Orthodox parties and Kahlon to join a rightwing coalition in the next two days.
(4) Swiss tradition meets contemporary design at this revamped four-star with spa run by the family of ski-racing stars Pirmin, Heidi and Silvan Zurbriggen.
(5) The Israeli energy minister, Silvan Shalom, raised the issue at a ministerial conference in Rome last week and held talks on the margins with the EU’s vice president for energy union, Maros Sefkovic, Israeli sources say.
(6) Hours after police set up checkpoints in Palestinian neighbourhoods of east Jerusalem, the interior minister, Silvan Shalom, said he was revoking the residency status of Palestinians from the city who had taken part in attacks on Jews.
(7) In the event, the Knesset never approved his pardon because of the vehement opposition of ministers such as Silvan Shalom, who said: "It is out of the question to free an assassin who has blood on his hands and was duly sentenced by a court."