Sylvester

Borrowed from Latin sylvester (“woody, rural”) from silva (“wood”); name of a saint whose feast day falls on December 31.

• IPA^(key): /sɪlˈvɛstɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Sylvester

1. A male given name from Latin used in English since the sixteenth century.
2. A surname.
3. A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. A city, the county seat of Worth County, Georgia, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Fisher County, Texas, United States.
6. A small town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.
7. A town in Green County, Wisconsin, United States.

• Sylvester equation
• Sylvester-Gallai theorem
• Sylvester's criterion
• Sylvester's formula
• Sylvester's theorem

• sylph
• sylvan (see for more terms)
• Silvia, Sylvia

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• Rhymes: -ɛstɐ

Sylvester

1. Alternative form of Silvester