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Romanize
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romanize
English
Etymology 1
Verb
en romanize.
en 2022 R. F. Kuang Babel HarperVoyager 381 ‘We don’t like their categorization system,’ explained Anthony. ‘It only makes sense in Roman characters, but not every language is so easily Romanized, is it?’
Derived terms
en Romanizer
Etymology 2
From en Romanian Roman(ian) -ize.
Verb
en transitive To Romanianize.
en 1990-11-12 Celestine Bohlen Ethnic Rivalries Revive in East Europe w:The New York Times section A 1 https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/12/world/evolution-in-europe-ethnic-rivalries-revive-in-east-europe.html On the surface, the current debate in Transylvania has to do with minority rights and local issues, like the re-establishment of those Hungarian language schools that had been 'Romanized' by Nicolae Ceausescu, the late dictator. https://web.archive.org/web/20250531141405/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/12/world/evolution-in-europe-ethnic-rivalries-revive-in-east-europe.html 31 May 2025
en 2004 Claude Karnoouh Multiculturalism and Ethnic Relations in Transylvania Henry F. Carey Romania Since 1989: Politics, Economics, and Society Lanham, MD w:Lexington Books 0739105922 QjqxzR0xTvoC 248 Romanize The Romanian Communist Party also decided to extensively Romanize the cities of Transylvania through a slow, but inexorable policy of reducing Hungarian cultural identity and autonomy.
Anagrams
en aeimnorz zamorine armozine