Feminine
selva
Meaning
forest or jungle, wood, chiefly a rainforest
Concepts
natural forest
stand of trees
Synonyms
Amazonia
bosque natural
bosque húmedo
región oriental
bosque higrofítico
tierra salvaje
tierra oriental andina
bosque no cultivado
la costa
tierra ardiente
tierra caliente
valle de la costa
valle tropical
Frequency
Hyphenated as
sel‧va
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈselba/
Etymology
Inherited from Latin silva, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”).
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