Romney

== English == === Alternative forms === Rumney === Etymology === From a name of a village in Kent (see Old Romney), from a compound of Latin rumen (“gullet”) and Old English ēa (“river”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒmni/, /ˈɹʌmnɪ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑːmni/ === Proper noun === Romney A surname. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Randolph Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. An unincorporated community in Eastland County, Texas. A city, the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, named after Romney in Kent. An English earldom. ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === Romney (plural Romneys) One of a particular English breed of small sheep with long wool and horns. ==== Translations ==== === References === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Romney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.