English

A Roma girl in Serbia.

Alternative forms

• Rroma

Proper noun

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.

Translations

• For: translations which are exonyms (not cognates of the Romani term for themselves), see Gypsy.

Noun

Roma ‎(plural Romas)

1. A Romani; a member of the Roma/Romani people.

Translations

Adjective

Roma ‎(not comparable)

1. Romani: of or pertaining to the Roma people.

Translations

See also

• Rom
• Wikipedia article on the Roma subgroup

References

1. ↑ See e.g. Matras, Romani, A linguistic Introduction (2005)

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.
4. Alternative form of Rome

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Roma

1. An Austronesian language of Indonesia.

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Roma, rmm

Anagrams

• Amor, moar, mora, Omar, roam

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin Rōma.

Proper noun

Roma f

1. Rome

Related terms

• romà
• romànic
• romanitzar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Rōma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈro.ma/, [ˈr̺oː.ma]
• Hyphenation: Ró‧ma

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

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Roman mythology derived the name from Rōmulus, name of the legendary founder and first king. The word may be of Etruscan origin, as Ruma was one of the Etruscan gentes (clan, tribe), and Rumon was the Etruscan name for the Tiber River.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈroː.ma/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.ma/, [ˈroː.ma]

Proper noun

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

1. Rome

   Ut Roma jugum omnibus terris imponeret.

   That Rome might overcome all countries.

   Venit a Roma.

   He came from Rome.

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Related terms

• Rōmulus

Derived terms

• rōmānicus
• rōmānus

Descendants

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

Latvian

Etymology

From Latin Rōma ‎(“Rome”).

Proper noun

Roma

1. Rome (capital of Italy)

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Latin Rōma ‎(“Rome”).

Proper noun

Roma f

1. Rome (capital of Italy)

Declension

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Rōma ‎(“Rome”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈro.ma/

Proper noun

Roma

1. the city of Rome
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 5 (facsimile):

     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

Papiamentu

Proper noun

Roma

1. Rome

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.mɐ/

Proper noun

Roma f

1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)
2. Rome; Ancient Rome (an ancient civilisation centred in Rome)
3. the Catholic Church (Christian church centred in the Vatican)

Synonyms

• (Ancient Rome): Roma Antiga
• (the Catholic Church): Santa Sé, Vaticano, Igreja Católica

Related terms

• romano
• Romão
• romã

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Rōma.

Proper noun

Roma

1. Rome

Related terms

• roman

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Rōma.

Proper noun

Roma f

1. Rome (a city in Italy)

Related terms

• romance
• romano
• romántico

Turkish

Proper noun

Roma

1. Rome (province)

Declension

Danish

Noun

roma c (singular definite romaen, plural indefinite romaer)

1. Rom (a Romani, a member of the Roma people)
2. Roma (the Roma/Romani people)

Inflection

Synonyms

• romani c

See also

• Roma (folkeslag) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Hungarian

Etymology

From Romani roma, plural of rom ‎(“male Romani person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈromɒ]
• Hyphenation: ro‧ma

Noun

roma ‎(plural romák)

1. Rom (a member of the Roma people)

Declension

Portuguese

Adjective

roma ‎(plural roma, comparable)

1. relating to the Roma people

Synonyms

• rom

Spanish

Adjective

roma

1. feminine singular of romo