Roma

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊmə/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊmə/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed 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”), from Sanskrit डमरु (ḍamaru, “drum”), which may have been borrowed from a Dravidian language. Folk etymology pointed to a legend that the ethnic group were an exiled people from Roman 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. ==== Alternative forms ==== Rroma ==== Proper noun ==== Roma A nomadic people with origins in India, the Romani. A subgroup of the Romani people found primarily in Eastern Europe. A variety of the Romani language (or occasionally) the Romani macrolanguage. ===== Translations ===== For translations which are exonyms (not cognates of the Romani term for themselves), see Gypsy. ==== Noun ==== Roma (plural Romas) A Rom; a member of the Romani people. ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== Roma (not comparable) Romani: of or pertaining to the Romani people. ===== Translations ===== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== Rom Wikipedia article on the Roma subgroup ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === From Latin and Italian Roma (“Rome”). Doublet of Rome and Rum. ==== Proper noun ==== Roma A number of places around the world: A town, the seat of the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia, from the Italian surname di Roma. A settlement in Maseru district, Lesotho. A town in Ascope province, La Libertad region, northern Peru. A commune in Botoșani County, Romania. A village in Valencia province, Valencia, Spain. A locality in central Gotland, Sweden. A city and border crossing point on the Rio Grande in Starr County, Texas, United States. A female given name from Latin of English-speakers. Alternative form of Rome: A major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire. A metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy (historical) An ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire. ==== Noun ==== Roma (plural Romas) A variety of tomato. === Etymology 3 === Compare Indonesian Bahasa Romang (“Roma language”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. ==== Proper noun ==== Roma An Austronesian language of Indonesia. ==== Further reading ==== Ethnologue entry for Roma, rmm ⁠ Romang language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Bahasa Romang on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia id === Anagrams === moar, roam, Maor, Mora, Oram, Omar, Amor, armo, amor, Ramo, mora, Armo == Albanian == === Proper noun === Roma definite nominative singular of Romë == Azerbaijani == === Proper noun === Roma Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin Rōma. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈru.mə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈro.mə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈro.ma] === Proper noun === Roma f Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) ==== Related terms ==== romà romanç romànic romanitzar == Central Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Roma Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) == Franco-Provençal == === Proper noun === Roma f Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) == Galician == === Proper noun === Roma f Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) ==== Related terms ==== romano == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈroːma/ === Noun === Roma m pl plural of Rom == Hawaiian == === Proper noun === Roma Romans (book of the Bible) == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈroma/ Rhymes: -ma, -a Homophone: roma Hyphenation: Ro‧ma === Etymology 1 === From Italian Roma, from Latin Rōma. ==== Proper noun ==== Roma Rome: Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) (metonymic) the Italian government the Holy See, the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church, particularly prior to the establishment of the Vatican City in the 19th century the Church of Rome, the Roman Catholic Church generally (biblical) Epistle to the Romans ===== Alternative forms ===== Rom (Standard Malay) ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Proper noun ==== Roma ethnic groups inhabiting Roma Island, Southeast Maluku Regency Synonyms: Ruma, Romang === Further reading === “Roma”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin Rōma. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈro.ma/ Rhymes: -oma Hyphenation: Ró‧ma === Proper noun === Roma f Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) Rome (a former province of Lazio, Italy) the letter R in the Italian spelling alphabet ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Burmese: ရောမ (rau:ma.) → Japanese: ローマ (Rōma) (perhaps via Portuguese Roma) → Korean: 로마 (roma) === Anagrams === amor, armo, armò, maro, marò, mora, orma, ramo, ramò == Latin == === Alternative forms === R (numismatic abbreviation) === Etymology === Uncertain. Roman mythology derived the name from Rōmulus, name of the legendary founder and first king. This is almost certainly a folk etymology, and the name of the mythical figure is more likely derived from the city name. The word may derive from *Roumon- or *Roumen-, an archaic name for the Tiber river that would be derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *srew- (“to flow”) (for which compare Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “river”) and Στρῡμών (Strūmṓn, “Strymon, Struma”), Albanian rrymë (“stream”), Proto-Slavic *strumy (“stream”), Lithuanian stràuma (“stream”), and perhaps also Latin rūmen). If so, the intermediate source may have been an Indo-European substrate. The word may be of Etruscan origin, as 𐌓𐌖𐌌𐌀 (ruma) was one of the Etruscan gentes, from 𐌓𐌖𐌌 (rum, “teat”). Given the lack of a secure Indo-European etymology for Rōma, this possibility is most appealing. === Pronunciation === Rōma: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈroː.ma] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɔː.ma] Rōmā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈroː.maː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɔː.ma] === Proper noun === Rōma f sg (genitive Rōmae); first declension Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) (Late Latin) Rome and/or Constantinople (the latter as "Nova Roma") (Ecclesiastical Latin, poetic) The Roman Catholic Church in general (New Latin) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== rōmānicus rōmānus ==== Related terms ==== Rōmilius Rōmulus ==== Descendants ==== Italian: Roma→ Burmese: ရောမ (rau:ma.)→ Japanese: ローマ (Rōma) (perhaps via Portuguese Roma)→ Korean: 로마 (roma) Old French: Rome, Rume, Rumme (Anglo-Norman)Middle French: Rome, RommeFrench: Rome→ Guianese Creole: Ròm→ Haitian Creole: Wòm→ Persian: رم (rom)→ Lao: ໂຣມ (rōm)Norman: RomePicard: RomeWalloon: Rome Old Occitan: Occitan: Roma Catalan: Roma West Iberian Old Galician-Portuguese: RomaGalician: RomaPortuguese: Roma Old Spanish: Roma Spanish: Roma Sicilian: Ruma, Roma Borrowings → Ancient Greek: Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē)Greek: Ρώμη (Rómi)→ Arabic: رُومِية (rūmiya)→ Aramaic: רומאClassical Syriac: ܪܘܡܐ (Rōmāʾ, Rōmēʾ)→ Old Armenian: Հռովմ (Hṙovm), Հռոմ (Hṙom)Armenian: Հռոմ (Hṙom)→ Egyptian: (hrm)→ Parthian: (/⁠Frōm⁠/)Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭐𐭓𐭅𐭌 (prwm)Manichaean script: 𐫜𐫡𐫇𐫖 (frwm)→ Sogdian: ("Rome, Byzantium")Manichaean script: 𐫂𐫡𐫀𐫇𐫖 (βrʾwm /⁠Frūm, Frōm⁠/)Sogdian script: 𐽃𐽀𐼴𐼺 (frwm /⁠Frūm⁠/)→ Old Turkic: 𐰯𐰆𐰺𐰢 (pur¹m /⁠purum⁠/) ("Byzantium, Greek")→ Chinese: 拂菻 (Fúlǐn) (via Iranian)→ Middle Persian: (/⁠Hrōm⁠/, “Rome; Byzantine”)Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hlwm)Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫡𐫇𐫖 (hrwm)Pazend script: 𐬀𐬭𐬋𐬨 (arōm)Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬𐭩 (ḥlwmy), Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (ḥlwm)Persian: روم (rum), اروم (orum) (rare, obsolete)→ Ottoman Turkish: روم (rum) → Arabic: روما (rūmā) → Proto-Celtic: *Rūmā (see there for further descendants) → Proto-Germanic: *Rūmō (see there for further descendants) → Southern Common Slavic: *Rymъ Proto-Eastern South Slavic: *Rĩmъ Old Church Slavonic: Glagolitic script: Ⱃⰹⰿⱏ (Rimŭ) Old Cyrillic script: Римъ (Rimŭ)Bulgarian: Рим (Rim)Macedonian: Рим (Rim)→ Old East Slavic: Римъ (Rimŭ)Old Ruthenian: Римъ (Rim)Belarusian: Рым (Rym)Carpathian Rusyn: Рим (Rym)Ukrainian: Рим (Rym)Russian: Рим (Rim), Римъ (Rim) — pre-1918 spelling→ Kazakh: Рим (Rim)→ Kyrgyz: Рим (Rim)→ Tajik: Рим (Rim)→ Uzbek: Rim→ Romanian: Râm (obsolete) Proto-Western South Slavic: *Rĩmъ Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic script: Ри̑м Latin script: Rȋm Slovene: Rím (tonal orthography) → Old Czech: ŘímCzech: Řím→ Kashubian: Rzim→ Old Polish: Rzym Polish: Rzym→ Silesian: Rzim→ Slovak: Rím → Mishnaic Hebrew: רומא Israeli Hebrew: רומא (róma) → Middle Persian: [Term?] (/⁠Hrōmāyīg⁠/, “Roman, Greek”) → Old Irish: Róm (see there for further descendants) → Romanian: Roma === References === “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 === Anagrams === amor, armō, mora == Latvian == === Etymology === From Latin Rōma (“Rome”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɾūɔ̯̄ma] === Proper noun === Rõma f (4th declension) Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) ==== Declension ==== == Lithuanian == === Etymology === From Latin Rōma (“Rome”). === Proper noun === Roma f Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) ==== Declension ==== == Maranao == === Proper noun === Roma Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) === References === Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎[3] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === Rom === Etymology === From Italian and Latin Roma. === Proper noun === Roma Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Italian and Latin Roma. === Proper noun === Roma Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) == Occitan == === Proper noun === Roma f Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) ==== Related terms ==== roman == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin Rōma (“Rome”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈro.ma/ === Proper noun === Roma Rome (the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of the Papal States, in modern-day Italy) Eſta ·xviiii· é como ſṫa maria aiudou · á emperadriz de roma · a ſofrer as grãdes coitaſ per que paſſou. This 19th is how Holy Mary helped the empress of Rome suffer the great pains she underwent. ==== Related terms ==== romão ==== Descendants ==== Galician: Roma Portuguese: Roma == Old Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin Rōma. Compare Old Galician-Portuguese Roma. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈroma/ === Proper noun === Roma f Rome (the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of the Papal States, in modern-day Italy) ==== Related terms ==== romano ==== Descendants ==== Spanish: Roma == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Roma, from Latin Rōma (“Rome”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Ro‧ma === Proper noun === Roma f Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) the Catholic Church (Christian church centred in the Vatican) Synonyms: Santa Sé, Vaticano, Igreja Católica ==== Related terms ==== romano Romão romã === Anagrams === amor == Romagnol == === Alternative forms === Róma (Ravenna) === Proper noun === Roma f (Faenza) Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Rōma. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Roma Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) ==== Related terms ==== roman == Sardinian == === Proper noun === Roma f Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) == Sicilian == === Proper noun === Roma f Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish Roma, from Latin Rōma. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈroma/ [ˈro.ma] Rhymes: -oma Syllabification: Ro‧ma === Proper noun === Roma f Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Roma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === amor, mora, ramo, roma == Swahili == === Proper noun === Roma Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish روما (Roma), from Italian and Latin Roma. Doublet of Rum. === Proper noun === Roma Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) ==== Declension ==== === See also === Roma İmparatorluğu === References === Kélékian, Diran (1911), “روما”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[4] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 632