Transylvania

Transylvania is the largest region of and probably the best known one. When you visit Transylvania you dive into a mix of cultures, nature and history.

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Transylvania

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Latitude of center
46.5972° or 46° 35′ 50″ north
Longitude of center
24.374° or 24° 22′ 27″ east
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Transylvania” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Transsilvanië”
  • Albanian: “Transilvania”
  • Arabic: “إمارة الأردل”
  • Arabic: “بلاد الأردل”
  • Arabic: “ترانسلفانيا”
  • Arabic: “ترانسيلفانيا”
  • Arabic: “ترنسلفانيا”
  • Aragonese: “Transilbania”
  • Aragonese: “Transilvania”
  • Armenian: “Տրանսիլվանիա”
  • Asturian: “Transilvania”
  • Azerbaijani: “Transilvaniya”
  • Basque: “Transilvania”
  • Bavarian: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Bavarian: “Simbiagn”
  • Belarusian: “Сяміграддзе”
  • Belarusian: “Сяміградзьдзе”
  • Belarusian: “Трансільванія”
  • Belarusian: “Трансыльванія”
  • Bosnian: “Transilvanija”
  • Breton: “Transilvania”
  • Breton: “Treuzsilvania”
  • Bulgarian: “Седмиградско”
  • Bulgarian: “Седмоградско”
  • Bulgarian: “Трансилвания”
  • Catalan: “Ardeal”
  • Catalan: “Erdel”
  • Catalan: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Catalan: “Transilvània”
  • Catalan: “Transsilvània”
  • Catalan: “Transylvania”
  • Catalan: “Transylvània”
  • Central Kurdish: “ترانسیلڤانیا”
  • Chinese: “外西凡尼亞”
  • Chinese: “川西凡尼亞”
  • Chinese: “特兰斯瓦尼亚”
  • Chinese: “特兰西瓦尼亚”
  • Chinese: “特蘭西瓦尼亞”
  • Croatian: “Erdelj”
  • Croatian: “Sedmogradska”
  • Croatian: “Transilvanija”
  • Czech: “Erdély”
  • Czech: “Sedmihradsko”
  • Czech: “Sedmihrady”
  • Czech: “Transylvánie”
  • Danish: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Danish: “Transsilvanien”
  • Danish: “Transsylvanien”
  • Danish: “Transylvanien”
  • Dutch: “Ardeal”
  • Dutch: “Grootvorstendom Transsylvanie”
  • Dutch: “Grootvorstendom Transsylvanië”
  • Dutch: “Grootvorstendom Zevenburgen”
  • Dutch: “Transilvanie”
  • Dutch: “Transsilvanie”
  • Dutch: “Transsilvanië”
  • Dutch: “Transsylvanie”
  • Dutch: “Transsylvanië”
  • Dutch: “Transylvanie”
  • Dutch: “Transylvanië”
  • Dutch: “Zevenburgen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ترانسيلفانيا”
  • Esperanto: “Ardeal”
  • Esperanto: “Erdély”
  • Esperanto: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Esperanto: “Transilvanio”
  • Estonian: “Ardeal”
  • Estonian: “Erdély”
  • Estonian: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Estonian: “Transilvaania”
  • Extremaduran: “Transilvania”
  • Finnish: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Finnish: “Transilvania”
  • Finnish: “Transylvania”
  • French: “Ardeal”
  • French: “principauté de Transylvanie”
  • French: “principauté des Sept-Forteresses”
  • French: “Région de Transylvanie”
  • French: “Transylvanie roumaine”
  • French: “Transylvanie”
  • Galician: “Transilvania”
  • Georgian: “ტრანსილვანია”
  • German: “Ardeal”
  • German: “Siebenbürgen”
  • German: “Transilvania”
  • German: “Transsilvanien”
  • German: “Transsilwanien”
  • German: “Transsylvanien”
  • Greek: “Τρανσυλβανία”
  • Hebrew: “ארדאל”
  • Hebrew: “זיבנברגן”
  • Hebrew: “טראנסילבניה”
  • Hebrew: “טראנסילווניה”
  • Hebrew: “טרנסילבאניה”
  • Hebrew: “טרנסילבניה”
  • Hebrew: “טרנסילווניה”
  • Hindi: “ट्रांसिल्वेनिया”
  • Hungarian: “Erdély”
  • Icelandic: “Transilvanía”
  • Icelandic: “Transsilvanía”
  • Icelandic: “Transsylvanía”
  • Icelandic: “Transylvanía”
  • Ido: “Transilvania”
  • Indonesian: “Transilvania”
  • Irish: “an Trasalváin”
  • Irish: “An Trasalváin”
  • Italian: “Erdély”
  • Italian: “Transilvania”
  • Japanese: “エルデーイ”
  • Japanese: “ジーベンビュルゲン”
  • Japanese: “トランシルヴァニア”
  • Japanese: “トランシルバニア”
  • Kashubian: “Sétmegard”
  • Kirghiz: “Трансилвания”
  • Korean: “트란실바니아”
  • Korean: “트랜실바니아”
  • Ladino: “Transilvania”
  • Latin: “Transilvania”
  • Latin: “Transsilvania”
  • Latin: “Transylvania”
  • Latvian: “Transilvānija”
  • Limburgan: “Transsylvanië”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Transilvania”
  • Lithuanian: “Transilvanija”
  • Lombard: “Transilvania”
  • Luxembourgish: “Siwebiergen”
  • Macedonian: “Седмоградска”
  • Macedonian: “Трансилванија”
  • Malay: “Transilvania”
  • Malay: “Transylvania”
  • Malayalam: “Transylvania”
  • Malayalam: “ട്രാൻസിൽവേനിയ”
  • Marathi: “ट्रान्सिल्व्हेनिया”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Transilvania”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ترانسيلڤانيا”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Erdély”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Transilvania”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Transsilvania”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Transsylvania”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Transylvania”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ardeal”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Erdelj”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Erdély”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Transilvania”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Transilvanija”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Transylvania”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ердељ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Трансилванија”
  • Norwegian: “Transilvania”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Transilvània”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Seofonbyrig”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Seofonbyriȝ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Transylvania”
  • Ossetian: “Трансильвани”
  • Panjabi: “ਟ੍ਰਾਂਸਿਲਵੇਨੀਆ”
  • Persian: “ترانسیلوانی”
  • Persian: “ترانسیلوانیا”
  • Polish: “Siedmiogród”
  • Polish: “Transylwania”
  • Polish: “Wielkie Księstwo Siedmiogrodu”
  • Portuguese: “Ardeal”
  • Portuguese: “Erdély”
  • Portuguese: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Portuguese: “Transilvania”
  • Portuguese: “Transilvânia”
  • Portuguese: “Transsilvanien”
  • Pushto: “ترانسيلوانيا”
  • Romanian: “Ardeal”
  • Romanian: “Transilvania”
  • Russian: “Ардял”
  • Russian: “Семиградье”
  • Russian: “Трансильвания”
  • Rusyn: “Ардял”
  • Rusyn: “Трансилвания”
  • Sardinian: “Transilvània”
  • Scots: “Transylvanie”
  • Serbian: “Erdély”
  • Serbian: “Ердељ”
  • Serbian: “Кнежевина Трансилванија”
  • Serbian: “Трансилванија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Erdelj”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kneževina Transilvanija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Transilvanija”
  • Sicilian: “Transilvania”
  • Sinhala: “ට්‍රැන්සල්වේනියාව”
  • Slovak: “Sedmohradsko”
  • Slovak: “Transilvánia”
  • Slovak: “Transylvánia”
  • Slovenian: “Erdeljsko”
  • Slovenian: “Sedmograška”
  • Slovenian: “Transilvanija”
  • Spanish: “Ardeal”
  • Spanish: “Gran Principado de Transilvania”
  • Spanish: “Transilvania”
  • Swedish: “Ardeal”
  • Swedish: “Erdely”
  • Swedish: “Erdély”
  • Swedish: “Siebenburgen”
  • Swedish: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Swedish: “Transsilvanien”
  • Swedish: “Transsylvania”
  • Swedish: “Transsylvanien”
  • Swedish: “Transylvanien”
  • Swiss German: “Ardeal”
  • Swiss German: “Siebenbürgen”
  • Swiss German: “Siibebürge”
  • Swiss German: “Transsilvanie”
  • Swiss German: “Transsylvanie”
  • Tagalog: “Transylvania”
  • Tamil: “டிரான்சில்வேனியா”
  • Tamil: “திரான்சில்வேனியா”
  • Tatar: “Җидешәһәр”
  • Tatar: “Трансильвания”
  • Thai: “Erdély”
  • Thai: “Transilvania”
  • Thai: “Transsylvania”
  • Thai: “Transylvania”
  • Thai: “Transylvanian”
  • Thai: “ทรานซิลเวเนีย”
  • Thai: “ทรานสซิลเวเนีย”
  • Turkish: “Erdel”
  • Tyap: “Ti̱ransi̱li̱vaniya”
  • Tyap: “Transylvania”
  • Ukrainian: “Ардял”
  • Ukrainian: “Семигород”
  • Ukrainian: “Семигороддя”
  • Ukrainian: “Семиграддя”
  • Ukrainian: “Трансильванія”
  • Ukrainian: “Трансільванське князівство”
  • Urdu: “ٹرانسلوانیا”
  • Uzbek: “Transilvaniya”
  • Venetian: “Transilvània”
  • Vietnamese: “Transilvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Transylvania”
  • Vlax Romani: “Transilvaniya”
  • Walloon: “Transilvaneye”
  • Walloon: “Zivenbork”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Transilvania”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Transylvania”
  • Welsh: “Transylfania”
  • Western Frisian: “Transsylvaanje”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹرانسلوانیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “特兰西瓦尼亚”
  • Yiddish: “זיבנבורגן”
  • Yiddish: “זיבנבערגן”
  • Yiddish: “זימבערגן”
  • Yiddish: “טראנסילוואניע”
  • Yue Chinese: “外西凡尼亞”

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