by Sagani (guest)
12/29/2004, 9:28 AM
In Italy there are at least three Municipalities called Selva:
SELVA DI CADORE (near Belluno - Noth/East)
SELVA DI PROGNO (near Verona - Venice region)
SELVA DI VAL GARDENA - near Bolzano - South Tyrol).
In the past the name SELVAGGIO was not so common in Italy.
Somewhere in regional italian dialects SELVA it is also the name of a cestnut wood.
Anyhow some Italian first name are linked to the idea of a "forest":
Silvio
Silvia
Silvano.