See also: roma, Róma, romà, romã, Rōma, and Rô-ma

English edit

 
A Roma girl in Serbia.

Etymology 1 edit

Related to Rom, from Romani rom, probably from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers) or डोम्ब (ḍomba),[1] probably ultimately from the same root as Sanskrit डमरु (ḍamaru, drum).[2] Kuiper (1948), Turner (1962-6) and Beníšek (2006) suggest that the word डोम्ब (ḍomba) is of Munda origin. The names of the Lom and Dom are related. Related దొమ్మర (dommara) and डोंबारी (ḍombārī) (community of wandering artists). 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 edit

Roma (plural Romas)

  1. A Romani; a member of the Roma/Romani people.
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Roma (not comparable)

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

  1. ^ See e.g. Matras, Romani, A linguistic Introduction (2005)
  2. ^   Domba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin and Italian Roma (Rome). Doublet of Rome.

Proper noun edit

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.
  3. Alternative form of Rome

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Roma (plural Romas)

  1. A variety of tomato.

Etymology 3 edit

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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Roma

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin Rōma.

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Roma f

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

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Roma

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

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Roma

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

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Roma f

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

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  • IPA(key): /ˈroːma/
  • (file)

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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)

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

From Italian Roma, from Latin Rōma.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈroma/
  • Rhymes: -ma, -a
  • Hyphenation: Ro‧ma

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Roma

  1. Rome:
    1. the capital city of Italy.
    2. a former province of Lazio, Italy.

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  • Rom (Standard Malay)

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin Rōma.

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Roma f

  1. Rome (the capital city of 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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  • R (numismatic abbreviation)

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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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; 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.

Declension edit

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Rōma
Genitive Rōmae
Dative Rōmae
Accusative Rōmam
Ablative Rōmā
Vocative Rōma
Locative Rōmae

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Borrowings
  • Ancient Greek: Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē) (see there for further descendants)
  • Arabic: روما (rūmā)
  • Proto-Celtic: *Rūmā (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *Rūmō (see there for further descendants)
  • Southern Common Slavic: *Rymъ
  • Mishnaic Hebrew: רומא
  • Middle Persian: [Term?] (/⁠Hrōmāyīg⁠/, Roman, Greek)
  • Old Irish: Róm (see there for further descendants)
  • Romanian: Roma

References edit

  • 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 edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Latin Rōma (Rome).

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Roma

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

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From Latin Rōma (Rome).

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Roma f

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

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Roma

  1. Rome

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From Italian and Latin Roma.

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Roma

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

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From Italian and Latin Roma.

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Roma

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

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Roma f

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

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Etymology edit

From Latin Rōma (Rome).

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Roma

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

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From Latin Rōma. Compare Old Galician-Portuguese Roma.

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Roma f

  1. Rome
    • 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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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 (the capital city of Italy)
  2. Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient civilisation centred in Rome)
    Synonym: Roma Antiga
  3. the Catholic Church (Christian church centred in the Vatican)
    Synonyms: Santa Sé, Vaticano, Igreja Católica

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Roma f (Faenza)

  1. Rome

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Borrowed from Latin Rōma.

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Roma

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

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Roma f

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

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Roma f

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Spanish Roma, from Latin Rōma.

Pronunciation edit

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

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Roma f

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

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Swahili edit

 
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Roma

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

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

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Roma

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

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