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‖ selva Physical Geogr.|ˈsɛlvə|
Also erron. silva.
[Sp. and Pg.:—L. silva wood.]
A tract of densely wooded country lying in the basin of the river Amazon. Usually pl.
1849M. Somerville Phys. Geog. ix. (ed. 2) 177 The Silvas of the river of the Amazons, lying in the centre of the continent, form the second division of the South American low lands. 1868G. Duff Pol. Surv. 175 Next we come to the great wood-covered plains known as the Selvas of the Amazons. 1870Yeats Nat. Hist. Comm. i. xi. (1872) 109 The selvas or woody plains of the Amazon. |