Roma

See also Róma, and roma

English

Etymology 1

Some scholars believe the name Roma may be related to the term Ḍombā, which is the designation of members of a low caste of traveling musicians and dancers in Kashmir. (compare Matras 2005, Romani, A linguistic Introduction)

Proper noun

Roma

1. A subgroup of the Romani people (believed to have originated in India), found primary in Eastern Europe; also known as Gypsies.

Related terms

• Rom
• Romani

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Roma

Translations

the Romani people; gypsies

Albanian: Rom (sq), Romët (sq) pl. Arabic: روماني (ar) (rumaaniy) m., غجر (ar) (ghájar) m. Armenian: գնչու (hy) (gnču) Basque: Rom herria (eu) Bulgarian: ром (bg) (rom), циганин (bg) (cíganin) Catalan: romaní (ca) sg., romanís (ca) pl. Valencian: romaní (ca) sg., romanins (ca) pl. Chinese: Mandarin: 羅姆 (cmn), 罗姆 (cmn) (Luómǔ) Croatian: Romi (hr) Czech: Rom (cs) m., Romové (cs) Danish: roma (da) c., romani (da) c. Dutch: Roma (nl) Esperanto: Romaoj (eo) Estonian: Roma (et) Finnish: romanit (fi), mustalaiset (fi) French: Roma (fr), Rroms (fr) German: Roma (de) Greek: Ρομ (el), Ρομά (el) pl.

Hungarian: roma (hu), Romák (hu) Indonesian: Rom (id) Italian: Rom (it) Japanese: ロマ (ja) (Roma) Korean: 롬 (ko) (Rom) Lithuanian: čigonas (lt) m., čigonė (lt) m. Macedonian: Ром (mk) (Rom) m., Ромка (mk) (Rómka) f., Роми (mk) (Rómi) pl. Norwegian: Romafolket (no), Romanifolk (no) Polish: Romowie (pl) Portuguese: Rom (pt) Romanian: Rom (ro), romi (ro) m. pl., țigani (ro) m. pl. Russian: рома (ru) (romá) pl., цыгане (ru) (cygáne) pl. Serbian: Роми (sr) Slovak: Rómovia (sk) Slovene: Romi (sl) Spanish: Romaní (es), Romaníes (es) pl. Swedish: rom (sv), Romer (sv) Turkish: Romanlar (tr) Ukrainian: Роми (uk)

Etymology 2

From Italian and Latin Roma (“Rome”).

Proper noun

Roma

1. A variety of tomato.
2. Any of a number of places, including a city in Texas and a city in Queensland.
3. A female given name of English-speakers.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Roma

1. An Austronesian language of Indonesia.

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Roma, rmm

Anagrams

• Amor
• moar
• mora
• Omar
• roam

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Catalan

Wikipedia ^ca

Proper noun

Roma f. 

1. Rome

Related terms

• romà
• romànic
• romanitzar

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

From Latin Roma.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Roma f.

1. Rome
2. The letter R in the Italian phonetic alphabet

Related terms

• romanesco
• Romania
• romanismo
• romanista
• romanità
• romanizzare
• romano

Anagrams

• amor
• armo, armò
• mora
• orma
• ramo, ramò

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Latin

Etymology

Unclear. May be of Etruscan origin, Ruma being the name of an Etruscan gens.

Proper noun

Rōma (genitive Rōmae, locative Rōmae); f sg, first declension

1. Rome

   Ut Roma jugum omnibus terris imponeret.

   That Rome might overcome all countries.

2. vocative of Rōma

Rōmā

1. ablative of Rōma

   Venit a Roma.

   He came from Rome.

Inflection

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

Related terms

• Romulus

Derived terms

• Rōmāna
• Rōmānus
• Rōmānicus

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Ῥώμη, Ῥωμαϊκός, Ῥωμαῖος
• English: Rome

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Proper noun

Roma

1. Rome

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Romanian

Proper noun

Roma

1. Rome

Related terms

• roman

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Proper noun

Roma f.

1. Rome

Related terms

• romance
• romano
• romántico

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Turkish

Proper noun

Roma

1. Rome (province)

Declension

declension of Roma

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	Roma	-
definite accusative (belirtme)	Roma'yı	-
dative (yönelme)	Roma'ya	-
locative (bulunma)	Roma'da	-
ablative (çıkma)	Roma'dan	-
genitive (tamlayan)	Roma'nın	-