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Roma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "roma"

English

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Etymology 1

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A group of Roma playing musical instruments.

From Romani roma, plural of rom (“man, husband, Romani man”). The latter probably comes from Sanskrit डोम्ब (ḍomba, “lower-caste person working as a wandering musician”), which may have been borrowed from a Dravidian language.[1] Folk etymology pointed to a legend that the ethnic group were an exiled people from Imperial times.

The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information.

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Roma

  1. A nomadic people with origins in India, the Romani.
  2. A subgroup of the Romani people found primarily in Eastern Europe.
  3. A variety of the Romani language (or occasionally) the Romani macrolanguage.
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  • For translations which are exonyms (not cognates of the Romani term for themselves), see Gypsy.

Noun

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Roma (plural Romas)

  1. A Rom; a member of the Romani people.
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Adjective

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Roma (not comparable)

  1. Romani: of or pertaining to the Romani people.
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References

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  1. ^ “Rom, n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2024.

Etymology 2

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From Latin and Italian Roma (“Rome”). Doublet of Rome and Rum.

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Roma

  1. Any of a number of places, including a city in Texas and a city in Queensland.
  2. A female given name from Latin of English-speakers.
  4. Alternative form of Rome, the capital of Italy.
    • 1896, W[alter] D[elaplaine] Scull, “Mrs. Platt”, in The Garden of the Matchboxes and Other Stories, London: Elkin Mathews, page 94:
      But it would have been so nice to have a private income, and to be able sometimes to go to Venezia, Firenze, Roma, those places with the beautiful names.
    • 1987 October, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, chapter 1, in A Flame in Byzantium, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, part I (Belisarius), page 4:
      At Neapolis there was chaos as those who could flee Roma came to this port seeking escape.

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Roma (plural Romas)

  1. A variety of tomato.

Etymology 3

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Compare Indonesian Bahasa Romang (“Roma language”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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Roma

  1. An Austronesian language of Indonesia.

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Albanian

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Roma

  1. definite nominative singular of Romë

Azerbaijani

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Roma

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

Catalan

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Inherited from Latin Rōma.

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Roma f

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
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Roma

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

Franco-Provençal

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Roma f

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

Galician

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Roma f

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈroːma/
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Roma m pl

  1. plural of Rom
    • 2016 April 11, Caroline Kraft, quoting Gilda-Nancy Horvat, “Beleidigt, bespuckt”, in Zeit Online‎[1]:
      "Viele Roma positionieren sich zu Antiziganismus gar nicht, weil sie Angst haben. Sie outen sich nicht, egal, ob sie Manager, Anwälte oder Politiker sind. Der Gedanke, stolz darauf sein zu können, dass man Roma ist, erscheint immer noch absurd", meint Gilda-Nancy Horvath, selbst Romni und ORF-Journalistin.
      “Many a Rom does not take position in respect to antiziganism, by reason of fear. They don’t come out, no matter, whether they are managers, advocates or politicians. The thought of being proud about being a Rom, still appears absurd.”, opines Gilda-Nancy Horvath, herself Romni and ORF journalist.

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Roma

  1. Romans (book of the Bible)

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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From Italian Roma, from Latin Rōma.

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Roma

  1. Rome:
    1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
    2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
    3. (metonymically) the Italian government
    4. ancient Rome; the former Roman Empire; Roman civilization
    5. the Holy See, the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church, particularly prior to the establishment of the Vatican City in the 19th century
    6. the Church of Rome, the Roman Catholic Church generally
  2. (biblical) Epistle to the Romans
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Etymology 2

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Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Roma

  1. ethnic groups inhabiting Roma Island, Southeast Maluku Regency
    Synonyms: Ruma, Romang

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Italian

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Inherited from Latin Rōma.

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Roma f

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
    1. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  2. Rome (a former province of Lazio, Italy)
  3. the letter R in the Italian spelling alphabet
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  • → Burmese: ရောမ (rau:ma.)
  • → Japanese: ローマ (Rōma) (perhaps via Portuguese Roma)
  • → Korean: 로마 (roma)

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Latin

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  • R (numismatic abbreviation)

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Uncertain.

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Rōma f sg (genitive Rōmae); first declension

  1. Rome (the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of modern-day Italy)
    Ut Roma iugum omnibus terris imponeret.
    That Rome might overcome all countries.
    Venit Roma.
    He came from Rome.
  2. The Roman Empire per se (as a synecdoche).
  3. (Late Latin) Rome and/or Constantinople (the latter as "Nova Roma").
  4. (Ecclesiastical Latin, poetic) The Roman Catholic Church in general.

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Rōma
genitive Rōmae
dative Rōmae
accusative Rōmam
ablative Rōmā
vocative Rōma
locative Rōmae

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  • “Roma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Roma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Latvian

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From Latin Rōma (“Rome”).

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Roma

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

Lithuanian

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From Latin Rōma (“Rome”).

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Roma f

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

Declension

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    Declension of Roma
nominative Roma
genitive Romos
dative Romai
accusative Romą
instrumental Roma
locative Romoje
vocative Roma

Maranao

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Proper noun

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Roma

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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From Italian and Latin Roma.

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Roma

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Italian and Latin Roma.

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Roma

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

Occitan

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Roma f

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
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Old Galician-Portuguese

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From Latin Rōma (“Rome”).

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Roma

  1. Rome (the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of the Papal States, in modern-day Italy)
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Old Spanish

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From Latin Rōma. Compare Old Galician-Portuguese Roma.

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Roma f

  1. Rome (the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of the Papal States, in modern-day Italy)
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r:
      Sant peẏdro fo p̃dicar en roma. e por occaſiõ de ſimõ magus el encantador. nero el enꝑador fizolo meter en .+. dela cabeça aẏuſo e delos pies aſuſo.
      Saint Peter went to Rome to preach, and because of Simon Magus the sorcerer Nero the emperor had him put on a cross with his head down and his feet up.
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Portuguese

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Roma, from Latin Rōma (“Rome”).

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  • Hyphenation: Ro‧ma

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Roma f

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient civilisation centred in Rome)
    Synonym: Roma Antiga
  4. the Catholic Church (Christian church centred in the Vatican)
    Synonyms: Santa Sé, Vaticano, Igreja Católica
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Romagnol

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Roma f (Faenza)

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

Romanian

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Borrowed from Latin Rōma.

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Roma

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
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Sardinian

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Roma f

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

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Roma f

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish Roma, from Latin Rōma.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈroma/ [ˈro.ma]
  • Rhymes: -oma
  • Syllabification: Ro‧ma

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Roma f

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 190:
      Los antiguos alcanzaban mayor longevidad, porque eran bautizados con óleos venidos directamente de Roma, que, por cierto, debían tener más virtud y eficacia que los nuestros.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Swahili

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Roma

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish روما (Roma), from Italian and Latin Roma. Doublet of Rum.

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Roma

  1. Rome (A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of Italy; the capital city of the region of Lazio)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. the Roman Empire

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Declension of Roma
singular plural
nominative Roma -
definite accusative Roma'yı -
dative Roma'ya -
locative Roma'da -
ablative Roma'dan -
genitive Roma'nın -

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