Carmen Sylva
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
This was the pen-name of Queen Elizabeth of Rumania (1843-1916). She was a woman of cultivated tastes, a musician, painter, and writer of poems and stories.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Carmen Sylva” mean?
This was the pen-name of Queen Elizabeth of Rumania (1843-1916). She was a woman of cultivated tastes, a musician, painter, and writer of poems and stories.
Is “Carmen Sylva” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.