In modern Serbian, the word луг means "small forest".

When used to describe the land, the bush means a wooded area, but not dense forest.

According to one report the former name Baravun of the village means "dense forest" in old Turkish.

The Lin family name (rendered in pictograms as two trees) means "forest."

The district's name comes from the Latin word for forest, silva, and means "little forest".

Another possibility is that the name derives from the Latin cippus, meaning young forest.

Even today the place is known as Chavakadu which means "Cursed forest" in the local language.

The name literally means "long forest" in khmer, but the last great forests have gradually disappeared there over 30 years to provide for agricultural land.

The name Matheran means "forest on the forehead" (of the mountains).

The hamlet was named Herle in 1297, which means forest on higher ground.