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Re: ??? what does it mean and where from
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I guess, it's a variant of SILVA. But you may also check SELVAGGIO.

Andy ;—)
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thank both of you, was my grandfather's first name, and, mine also, so, thanks a lot, for 52 years, I always wondered, now, I have an idea! :)
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In SpanishIn Spanish it literally means "jungle" or similiar dense tropical or subtropical forest... Sagani's explanation of the origin of it as a name definitely has a link to it... Likewise Andy's mention of such selvatic/silvan names... I'm surprised to find it linked with toponimics
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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.



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