Roma

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See also Róma, Rōma, roma, romà, and romã

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Related to Rom, from Romani rom, probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (doma, member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers in Kashmir).[1] The names of the Lom and Dom are related.

Proper noun[edit]

Roma

  1. A nomadic people with origins in India, the Romani.
  2. A subgroup of the Romani people found primary 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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Adjective[edit]

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)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Italian and Latin Roma (Rome).

Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Roma

  1. An Austronesian language of Indonesia.

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Catalan[edit]

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia ca

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Rōma.

Proper noun[edit]

Roma f

  1. Rome

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Italian[edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia it

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Rōma.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Roma f

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

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

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

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Old Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Rōma (Rome).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /ˈro.ma/

Proper noun[edit]

Roma

  1. the city of Rome

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Papiamentu[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Roma

  1. Rome

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Portuguese Roma, from Latin Rōma (Rome).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /ˈʁo.ma/, /ˈʁo.mɐ/

Proper noun[edit]

Roma

  1. the city of Rome
  2. Ancient Rome
  3. the Catholic Church

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin Rōma.

Proper noun[edit]

Roma

  1. Rome

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Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia es

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Rōma.

Proper noun[edit]

Roma f

  1. Rome

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Turkish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Roma

  1. Rome (province)

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