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Roma

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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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Proper noun

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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 Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2024.

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

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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.
  3. Alternative form of Rome:
    1. 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
  4. A metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy
  5. (historical) An ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire
    • 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.

Noun

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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.

Proper noun

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Roma

  1. An Austronesian language of Indonesia.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Albanian

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Proper noun

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Roma

  1. definite nominative singular of Romë

Azerbaijani

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Proper noun

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Roma

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)

Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin Rōma.

Pronunciation

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Roma f

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)
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Central Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Roma

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)

Franco-Provençal

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Franco-Provençal Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia frp

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Roma f

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)

Galician

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Proper noun

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Roma f

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)
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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈroːma/
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Noun

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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.

Hawaiian

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Proper noun

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Roma

  1. Romans (book of the Bible)

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Italian Roma, from Latin Rōma.

Proper noun

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Roma

  1. Rome:
    1. 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)
    2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
    3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)
    4. (metonymic) the Italian government
    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.)

Proper noun

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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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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

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Inherited from Latin Rōma.

Pronunciation

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Roma f

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)
  4. Rome (a former province of Lazio, Italy)
  5. the letter R in the Italian spelling alphabet
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Descendants

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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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Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia la

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  • R (numismatic abbreviation)

Etymology

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Uncertain.

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Proper noun

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Rōma f sg (genitive Rōmae); first declension

  1. 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)
    Ut Rōma iugum omnibus terrīs impōneret.
    That Rome might overcome all countries.
    Venit Rōmā.
    He came from Rome.
  2. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)
  3. (Late Latin) Rome and/or Constantinople (the latter as "Nova Roma")
  4. (Ecclesiastical Latin, poetic) The Roman Catholic Church in general
  5. (New Latin) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

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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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Descendants

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Borrowings

References

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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

Anagrams

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Latvian

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Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

Etymology

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From Latin Rōma (Rome).

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Roma

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)

Lithuanian

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Lithuanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lt

Etymology

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From Latin Rōma (Rome).

Proper noun

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Roma f

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)

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 major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

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Etymology

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From Italian and Latin Roma.

Proper noun

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Roma

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Italian and Latin Roma.

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Roma

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)

Occitan

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Proper noun

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Roma f

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)
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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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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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Etymology

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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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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Ro‧ma

Proper noun

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Roma f

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)
  4. the Catholic Church (Christian church centred in the Vatican)
    Synonyms: Santa Sé, Vaticano, Igreja Católica
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Anagrams

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Romagnol

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Roma f (Faenza)

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Rōma.

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Roma

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)
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Sardinian

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Sardinian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Roma f

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)

Sicilian

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Proper noun

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Roma f

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish Roma, from Latin Rōma.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Roma f

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)
    • 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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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Roma

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)

Turkish

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Roma

  1. 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)
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)

Declension

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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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