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Romany

Romany is the alternative form of Romani.

Meaning of Romani

Noun

Romani (plural Romani or Romanis)

  1. A member of the Roma, a nomadic people originating in modern-day Pakistan or Northwest India and traditionally having an itinerant way of life, living widely dispersed across Europe and speaking a language that is related to Hindi.
    • The Romani have long been discriminated against.
    Synonyms:
    Roma, Bohemian, gypsy

See all 4 meanings of Romani

Forms of Romany

pluralRomany
pluralRomanies

Phrases with Romany

Questions about Romany

What is Romany the alternative form of?
Romany is the alternative form of Romani.

Words near Romany in the dictionary

  1. romantopic
  2. romants
  3. Romanu
  4. Romanucci
  5. Romanuccis
  6. Romany
  7. Romany rye
  8. Romany ryes
  9. romanza
  10. romanzas
  11. romanzovite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Romany (page history and authors); Romani (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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