• Cybrpwca@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Transylvania doesn’t mean “forest on the other side”. It means “on the other side of the forest”. In this case on the other side of the forest from Hungary. So Cisylvania is Hungary.

    • GraceGH@beehaw.org
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      2 years ago

      Damn, I knew I should have looked it up to be sure first. At least we’ve discovered Cisylvania.