Sylvan

Sylvan or Sylvans (from the Latin silva: "forest, woods") can have one of the following meanings:

A countryside scene
The term "A Sylvan Scene" is used to describe a beautiful and idealised scene in the countryside. Historical reference: John Milton used these words in Paradise Lost (1667) to describe “A Steep Wilderness”: “Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theater Of stateliest view.”

Current reference: Collins dictionary: Sylvan describes an association with woods and trees.

United States

 * Sylvan, Illinois, a former settlement
 * Sylvan, Wisconsin, a town
 * Sylvan (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated area in the town
 * Sylvan Township (disambiguation)
 * Sylvan Lake (disambiguation)
 * Sylvan Pass (Wyoming), a mountain pass in Yellowstone National Park
 * Sylvan-Highlands, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood of Portland, Oregon
 * West Haven-Sylvan, Oregon, a neighboring unincorporated area
 * Sylvan Beach, New York
 * Penn's Sylvania (Penn's Woods), the Province of Pennsylvania which was the kernel of the later state

Canada

 * Sylvan Lake (Alberta)
 * Sylvan, a community in the municipality of North Middlesex, Ontario

Arts and entertainment

 * Sylvan (band), a German progressive rock band
 * Sylvan Esso, an American indie pop band
 * Sylvan (TV series), a Spanish animated series created by Antoni D'ocon
 * Sylvan Campaign, a faction in the video game Heroes of Might and Magic V

Names

 * Sylvan (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname
 * Sylvan Debating Club, a free speech society in London
 * Sylvan, a Latin adjective meaning of or from the woodland
 * Sylvan Learning, a remedial and enrichment tutoring company
 * Sylvans S.C., a football club based on the Channel Island of Guernsey
 * another name for 2-methyl furan, a flammable liquid