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SILVIO

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Pronounced: SEEL-vyo (Italian), SEEL-byo (Spanish)   [key]

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman name Silvius which was derived from Latin silva "wood, forest". Silvius was the name of several of the legendary kings of Alba Longa. It is also the name of an early saint martyred in Alexandria.
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