selva n : a rain forest in a tropical area [syn: tropical rain forest]

English

Etymology

From Spanish selva.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛlvə/

Noun

1. Heavily forested ground in the Amazon basin.

Italian

Pronunciation

• [ˈsɛlva]

Noun

1. wood, forest
2. mass, multitude, forest

Synonyms

• bosco
• foresta

Quotations

• Dante Alighieri, 1308-1321 The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto I — Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura ché la diritta via era smarrita. (Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straight-forward pathway had been lost.) — http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy/Inferno/Canto_I

Derived terms

• selvatico
• selvicoltore
• selvicultore

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin silva.

Pronunciation

/ˈselβa/

Noun

1. forest

Derived terms

• La Selva

See also

• bosque
• jungla

Selva is a coastal comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain, located between the mountain range known as the Serralada Transversal or Puigsacalm and the Costa Brava (part of the Mediterranean coast). Unusually, it is divided between the provinces of Girona and Barcelona, with Fogars de la Selva being part of Barcelona province, and all other municipalities falling inside Girona province. Also unusually, its capital, Santa Coloma de Farners, is no longer among its larger municipalities, with the coastal towns of Blanes and Lloret de Mar having far surpassed it in size.

Selva borders the comarques of Maresme, Vallès Oriental, Osona, Garrotxa, Gironès, and Baix Empordà.

Municipalities

Some populations are as of 2001.

• Amer - pop. 2,182
• Anglès - pop. 4,739
• Arbúcies - pop. 5126
• Blanes - pop. 30,693
• Breda - pop. 3,381
• Brunyola - pop. 357
• Caldes de Malavella - pop. 4,225
• La Cellera de Ter - pop. 1,987
• Fogars de la Selva - pop. 806
• Hostalric - pop. 2,912
• Lloret de Mar - pop. 34,997 (as of 2007)
• Massanes - pop. 565
• Maçanet de la Selva - pop. 4,010
• Osor - pop. 206
• Riells i Viabrea - pop. 2,264
• Riudarenes - pop. 1,281
• Riudellots de la Selva - pop. 1,584
• Sant Feliu de Buixalleu - pop. 702
• Sant Hilari Sacalm - pop. 5,036
• Sant Julià del Llor i Bonmatí - pop. 989
• Santa Coloma de Farners - pop. 9,169
• Sils - pop. 3,248
• Susqueda - pop. 98
• Tossa de Mar - pop. 4,366
• Vidreres - pop. 4,978
• Vilobí d'Onyar - pop. 2,250

External links

• Official comarcal web site (in Catalan)
• IDESCAT: statistical information about Selva (in Catalan)