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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Silas

masc. proper name, from Late Latin, from Greek Silas, contraction of Silouanos, transliteration of Latin Silvanus, a name that literally means "living in the woods," from silva "wood" (see sylvan).

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Silas, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
Population (2000): 529
Housing Units (2000): 260
Land area (2000): 5.248047 sq. miles (13.592378 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.248047 sq. miles (13.592378 sq. km)
FIPS code: 70416
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 31.771625 N, 88.330991 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 36919
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Wikipedia
Silas

Silas or Silvanus ( Greek: Σίλας / Σιλουανός; fl. 1st century AD) was a leading member of the Early Christian community, who accompanied Paul the Apostle on parts of his first and second missionary journeys.

Silas (Portuguese footballer)

Jorge Manuel Rebelo Fernandes (born 1 September 1976), known as Silas, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for C.D. Cova da Piedade as a midfielder.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 236 games and 30 goals over the course of nine seasons, representing in the competition União de Leiria, Marítimo and Belenenses. He also played professionally in four other countries, mainly Spain and Cyprus.

Silas (disambiguation)

Silas or SILAS may refer to:

  • Silas (name), a given and last name
  • Silas, Alabama, a town in the United States
  • Society for Irish Latin American Studies (SILAS)
  • Silas, a pen name of American cartoonist Winsor McCay
  • Silas (TV series)
Silas (TV series)

Silas was a 1981 ZDF Adventure TV mini-series based on the Danish children's book „Silas og den sorte hoppe“ by Cecil Bødker who kept on writing instalments until 2001.

The series was Patrick Bach's debut and because the series did so well he also starred the very next year in another adventure series about a young orphan: Jack Holborn

Silas was a German production and filmed solely in German. Still it received attention beyond German-speaking countries and consequently the successor Jack Holborn involved international producers and was filmed in English.

Silas (name)

Silas is a common given name and a lesser-known surname. It is a cognate of Silvanus.

Usage examples of "silas".

She had sensed just from the way Katie spoke his name that this Silas was important to her.

The trouble was that Katie had been so vague about this Silas Jardine, and she had not liked to question her too deeply.

Perhaps she should have taken hold of her courage and asked Katie outright if she expected this Silas to share her room, her bed.

What would she do if this Silas chose to insist that Katie show her mother just how committed she was to him by sleeping with him?

Now she wondered, shivering in the chill of the thought, if she would be expected to share Christmas with this Silas, or, even worse, if he would take Katie away from her completely, if the two of them would spend their Christmas somewhere alone, while she.

What would he see, this Silas, who threatened her peace of mind so much?

No, it was the quiet, assessing way that Silas Jardine was continuing to study her that made her feel so uncomfortable.

I wanted to stop off on the way, but Silas said there was no way he was going to poison his insides with the stuff they serve in motorway fast food outlets.

Her indignation flashed brilliantly in her eyes as she turned towards Katie, but once again she was forestalled as Silas himself intervened pleasantly.

Katie was too young, too blind, too selfish as the young were selfish, to suspect what she was going through, to guess at the bitter, envious thoughts distorting her mind, to even think in the most fleeting fashion that she, her mother, might feel the most acute despair at the thought of Katie and Silas sharing the old-fashioned double-bed which had been so well designed to accommodate the bodies of two eager lovers.

When she pictured Katie and Silas together in bed, she was jealous of her daughter.

She was envious of the fact that Silas desired her, that Silas wanted her.

Did she really imagine for a single second that Silas would find her in any way attractive or desirable?

She had just accepted a new commission herself, and, while she was quite prepared to invite Silas to join her for his meals if he wished, she had no intention of pandering to any kind of artistic temperament by providing food and beverages on demand.

Katie might be quite happy to include her mother in their company, but Hazel doubted that Silas could share her feelings.