roma
/ˈɹəʊmə/US/ˈɹoʊmə/
roma is the alternative letter-case form of Roma.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Roma
Roma
Noun (1) capitalized: Roma
Roma (plural Romas)
- A Rom; a member of the Romani people.
- My genes would best be described as a melting pot – my mother is part Bulgarian Roma, part Romanichal (English Romany), and my dad is part Romanichal, part Irish Traveller – thus, it was hardly surprising when I was born a blue-eyed milk bottle.2013 October 25, Filip Borev, “I was a pale Roma baby – it's always been a family joke that I was stolen”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2022
Adjective capitalized: Roma
Roma (not comparable)
- Romani: of or pertaining to the Romani people.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Roma
Roma
- A town, the seat of the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia, from the Italian surname di Roma.
- A settlement in Maseru district, Lesotho.
- A town in Ascope province, La Libertad region, northern Peru.
- A commune in Botoșani County, Romania.
- A village in Valencia province, Valencia, Spain.
- A locality in central Gotland, Sweden.
- A city and border crossing point on the Rio Grande in Starr County, Texas, United States.
- A female given name from Latin of English-speakers.
- 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.
- O Roma, Roma, at thy feet / I lay this barren gift of song! / For, ah! the way is steep and long / That leads unto thy sacred street.1881, Oscar Wilde, “[Rosa Mystica.] Rome Unvisited.”, in Poems, London: David Bogue, […], →OCLC, canto I, page 44
- 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.1896, W[alter] D[elaplaine] Scull, “Mrs. Platt”, in The Garden of the Matchboxes and Other Stories, London: Elkin Mathews, page 94
- A metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy
- An ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire.
Noun (2) capitalized: Roma
Roma (plural Romas)
Proper noun (3) capitalized: Roma
Roma
- An Austronesian language of Indonesia.
Forms of roma
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | romas |
| plural | Romas |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Rroma |
Origin of roma
Borrowed 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”), from Sanskrit डमरु (ḍamaru, “drum”), which may have been borrowed from a Dravidian language. Folk etymology pointed to a legend that the ethnic group were an exiled people from Roman 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.
From Latin and Italian Roma (“Rome”). Doublet of Rome and Rum.
Compare Indonesian Bahasa Romang (“Roma language”).
Words formed from roma
Phrases with roma
Questions about roma
- What does roma mean?
- Roma means a nomadic people with origins in India, the Romani.
- What is roma the alternative letter-case form of?
- Roma is the alternative letter-case form of Roma.
- What part of speech is roma?
- Roma can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce roma?
- Roma is pronounced /ˈɹoʊmə/ (US).
Words near roma in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: roma (page history and authors); Roma (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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