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Rome
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rome Romë
English
<dab!>
Alternative forms
en Rom Roome Room Rhoome Romme Rowme Roym Rum archaic
en Roma<id:Rome> uncommon
Etymology
en :inh enm:Rome
From en enm Rome, from en ang Rōm, from en gmw-pro *Rūmu, from en gem-pro *Rūmō and influenced by en la-lat Rōma Rome, Constantinople, from Classical en la Rōma Rome. In Roman mythology, the name was said to derive from Romulus, one of the founders of the city and its first king.
The name appears in a wide range of forms in Middle English, including enm Rom, enm Room, enm Roome, and enm Rombe as well as Rome; by early modern English, it appeared as Rome, en Room, and en Roome, with the spelling Rome occurring in Shakespeare and common from the early 18th century on. The final spelling was influenced by en nrf -, en frm -, en xno -, and en fro Rome.Oxford English Dictionary. "Rome, n." en Roma Rum.
Pronunciation
rōm RP, en /ɹəʊm/, en /ɹum/ archaic,dialectal
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Rome.wav Southern England
rōm GA,CA, en /ɹoʊm/
en /ɹəʊm/ Southern US,Midland US,Mid-Atlantic US
en /ɾom/ Scotland
en əʊm 1
en roam Rom
Proper noun
en Q220en A <<major city>>, the <<capital>> of <<c/Italy>> and the Italian <<r:pref:also/Lazio>>, located on the Tiber River ; ancient capital empire/Roman Empire.
I ii 157 When could they say (till now) that talk'd of Rome,That her wide Walles incompast but one man?Now is it Rome indeed, and Roome enoughWhen there is in it but one onely man.
1866 December 8, 'Filius Ecclesiæ', Notes & Queries, "Rome:Room", 456 1:
Within the last thirty weeks I have heard the word Rome pronounced Room by several old-fashioned people in the north of Ireland, some of my own relations among the number. On remonstrating with one of these, she said, "It was always Room when I was at school (say about 1830), and I am too old to change it now."
en Q18288160en metropolitan city r/Lazio c/Italy.
en metonym The Italian government.
en Per Tiedtke 2 Germany, Italy and the International Economy 1929–1936: Co-operation or Rivalries at Times of Crisis? https://books.google.com/books?id=v5N4DwAAQBAJ Europe Tectum Verlag 2016 99 https://books.google.com/books?id=v5N4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA99 978-3-8288-6407-8 At first, Berlin tried to amend the agreement to restore a German trade surplus, but Rome refused.
en Q2277en historical en ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in cont/Europe,Asia,Africa Roman Empire + Ancient + Ancient Rome.
en Ancient Rome
I i 82 These that suruiue, let Rome reward with loue.
39 Learning and Rome alike in Empire grew,And Arts still follow'd where her Eagles flew;From the same Foes [viz., Tyranny and Superstition], at last, both felt their Doom,And the same Age saw Learning fall, and Rome.
i 149 A wife's dishonour unking'd Rome for ever.
The Holy See, the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church, particularly prior to the establishment of the Vatican City in the 19th century.
1537 January 26, T. Starkey, letter:
The wych you perauenture wyl impute to thys defectyon from Rome.
III ii Winch. Rome shall remedie thisWarw. Roame thither then.
The Church of Rome, the Roman Catholic Church generally.
V ii 7 King Iohn hath reconcil'd Himselfe to Rome.
en number of places c/USA:
en unincorporated community co/Covington County s/Alabama.
en city/county seat co/Floyd County s/Georgia.
en CDP co/Peoria County s/Illinois.
en unincorporated community co/Perry County s/Indiana.
en village co/Henry County s/Iowa.
en ghost town co/Ellis County s/Kansas.
en unincorporated community co/Sumner County s/Kansas.
en unincorporated community co/Daviess County s/Kentucky.
en town co/Kennebec County s/Maine.
en unincorporated community co/Sunflower County s/Mississippi.
en unincorporated community co/Douglas County s/Missouri.
en city co/Oneida County s/New York. TopoZone: Rome, New York
en village twp:Suf/Green co/Adams County s/Ohio.
en Stout the name of the post office
en unincorporated community co/Delaware County s/Ohio.
en ghost town co/Morrow County s/Ohio.
en unincorporated community co/Richland County s/Ohio.
en unincorporated community co/Malheur County s/Oregon.
en borough in co/Bradford County s/Pennsylvania. TopoZone: Rome, Pennsylvania
en unincorporated community co/Smith County s/Tennessee.
en town/and/unincorporated community co/Adams County s/Wisconsin.
en CDP co/Jefferson County s/Wisconsin.
en A number of <<townships>>, including in <<s/Illinois>>, <<s/Iowa>>, <<s/Michigan>>, <<s/Minnesota>>, <<s/Ohio>> (3) and <<s/Pennsylvania>> (2), listed under Rome Township.
en.
Synonyms
(archaic) Romeburg, Romeburgh, Romeland, Romelede, Romethede, Rome town
(dated) Rome city
en Istanbul, en Constantinople (new Rome)
en Moscow (third Rome, new Rome)
Derived terms
en all roads lead to Rome do not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope Duchy of Rome go to Rome with a mortar on one's head New Rome Romaboo Romescot Romeward Romewards Romic Romist Roman Rome plow Romes Rome rule,Rome Rule Rome was not built in a day dated, Rome wasn't built in a day Romish<ll:dated> Third Rome when in Rome, do as the Romans do Rome of the West
Related terms
en Romaean Romeo
Descendants
1 hi रोम
1 pon Rom
1 th โรม
Translations
city, capital of Italy Afrikaans: af Rome
Aghwan: xag 𐕆𐕙𐕒𐕌
Albanian: sq Romë
Amharic: am ሮማ
Arabic: ar رُومَا f, ar رُومِيَة f
Egyptian Arabic: arz روما f ruma
Hijazi Arabic: acw روما f rōma
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܪܗܘܡܐ f
Classical Syriac: syc ܪܗ݇ܘܡܐ rōmē f
Armenian: hy Հռոմ
Asturian: ast Roma f
Azerbaijani: az Roma
Bactrian: xbc Φρομο
Bashkir: ba Рим
Basque: eu Erroma
Belarusian: be Рым m
Bengali: bn রোম
Breton: br Roma
Bulgarian: bg Рим m
Burmese: my ရောမ
Carpathian Rusyn: rue Рим m
Catalan: ca Roma f
Chechen: ce Рим
Cherokee: chr ᎶᎻ, chr ᎶᎹ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 羅馬 lo4 maa5
Eastern Min: cdo 羅馬 Lò̤-mā
Hakka: hak 羅馬 Lò-mâ
Hokkien: nan-hbl 羅馬 Lô-má
Mandarin: cmn 羅馬 Luómǎ
Wu: wuu 羅馬
Coptic:
Bohairic Coptic: cop ⲣⲱⲙⲏ
Sahidic Coptic: cop ϩⲣⲱⲙⲏ
Czech: cs Řím m
Danish: da Rom
Dutch: nl Rome n
Egyptian: hrm m h:r:M-t*t:xAst
Esperanto: eo Romo
Estonian: et Rooma
Farefare: gur Dooma, gur Doom
Faroese: fo Róm f, fo Rómaborg f
Finnish: fi Rooma
French: fr Rome f
Middle French: frm Rome f, frm Romme f
Frisian:
Saterland Frisian: stq Room
West Frisian: fy Rome
Friulian: fur Rome
Galician: gl Roma f
Georgian: ka რომი
German: de Rom n
Gothic: got 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰 f
Greek: el Ρώμη f
Ancient Greek: grc Ῥώμη f
Gujarati: gu રોમ
Hawaiian: haw Loma
Hebrew: he רוֹמָא f róma
Hindi: hi रोम m, hi रोमक m
Hungarian: hu Róma
Icelandic: is Róm f, is Rómaborg f
Ido: io Roma
Indonesian: id Roma
Irish: ga Róimh f an Róimh
Italian: it Roma f
Japanese: ja ローマ Rōma, ja 羅馬 Rōma dated
Kalmyk: xal Рим
Kannada: kn ರೋಮ್
Kashmiri: ks روٗم
Kazakh: kk Рим
Khmer: km រ៉ូម
Korean: ko ^로마, ko ^나마(羅馬) dated, ko ^라마(羅馬) dated, North Korea
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Roma
Kyrgyz: ky Рим
Lao: lo ໂລມ, lo ໂຣມ
Latin: la Rōma f
Latvian: lv Roma f
Lithuanian: lt Roma f
Macedonian: mk Рим m
Malay: ms Rum, ms Rom
Malayalam: ml റോം
Maltese: mt Ruma
Manx: gv Raue Yn Raue f
Māori: mi Rōma
Maranao: mrw Roma
Marathi: mr रोम n
Middle English: enm Rome, enm Roome
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Ром
Nepali: ne रोम
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Roma, nb Rom
Nynorsk: nn Roma
Occitan: oc Roma
Old Occitan: pro Roma
Odia: or ରୋମ
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu Римъ m
Glagolitic: cu Ⱃⰹⰿⱏ m
Old East Slavic: orv Римъ m
Old English: ang Rōm f, ang Rōmeburh f
Old Galician-Portuguese: roa-opt Roma
Old Norse: non Róm n, non Rúm n, non Róma f, non Rómaborg f
Ossetian: os Ром
Pashto: ps روم m rom, ps روما f romã
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira رُم, fa-ira روم archaic or historic
Middle Persian: pal 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 hrōm
Pohnpeian: pon Rom
Polish: pl Rzym m
Portuguese: pt Roma f
Punjabi: pa ਰੋਮ
Romanian: ro Roma f
Russian: ru Рим m
Sanskrit: sa रोम, sa रोमक m, sa रोमकः m, sa रोमकपुर n, sa रोमकपत्तन n
Sardinian: sc Roma f
Scots: sco Roum
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ròimh f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ри̑м m
Latin: sh Rȋm m
Sicilian: scn Roma f
Silesian: szl Rzim m
Sinhalese: si රෝමය
Slovak: sk Rím m
Slovene: sl Rím m
Somali: so Roma
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Rom m
Upper Sorbian: hsb Rom m
Spanish: es Roma f
Swahili: sw Roma
Swedish: sv Rom
Tagalog: tl Roma
Tajik: tg Рим, tg Рум
Tamil: ta உரோம்
Tatar: tt Рим
Telugu: te రోమ్
Thai: th โรม
Tibetan: bo རོ་མ
Turkish: tr Roma
Ottoman Turkish: ota روم Rum, ota قزل المه Qızıl Elma
Turkmen: tk Rim
Ukrainian: uk Рим m
Urdu: ur روم m
Uyghur: ug رىم
Uzbek: uz Rim
Vietnamese: vi Rôma, vi La Mã dated
Volapük: vo Roma, seven hills vo Vellubelazif
Welsh: cy Rhufain
Yiddish: yi רוים n
Yoruba: yo Róòmù
Zhuang: za Lozmaj
Zulu: zu eRoma
metropolitan city in Lazio, Italy
Afrikaans: af Rome
Finnish: fi Rooma
metonym for the Italian government
Finnish: fi Rooma
empire
Afrikaans: af Rome, af Romeinse Ryk
Aghwan: xag 𐕆𐕙𐕒𐕌
Arabic: ar رُومَا f, ar الرُّوم f
Armenian: hy Հռոմ
Old Armenian: xcl
Asturian: ast Roma
Bulgarian: bg Рим m
Catalan: ca Roma f
Czech: cs Řím m
Danish: da Romerriget, da Det Romerske Kejserrige
Esperanto: eo Romio
Finnish: fi Rooma, fi Rooman valtakunta
Greek: el ρωμαϊκή αυτοκρατορία f
Hebrew: he רוֹמִי f rómi
Hindi: hi रोम m, hi रोमक m
Italian: it impero romano m, it Roma f
Japanese: ja ローマ帝国 Rōma teikoku
Kashmiri: ks روٗم
Khmer: km រ៉ូម room
Macedonian: mk Рим m
Maltese: mt Ruman
Manchu: mnc ᡵᠣᠮᠠ
Marathi: mr रोम n
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira رُم, fa-ira روم archaic or historic
Middle Persian: pal 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 hrōm
Portuguese: pt Roma f
Russian: ru Рим m
Vietnamese: vi La Mã
Holy See
Finnish: fi Vatikaani
Church of Rome
Finnish: fi Vatikaani, fi Rooman kirkko
number of places in USA
Finnish: fi Rome
Thai: th โรม room
Slovak: sk Lácium n (3), sk Rím m (1)
See also
en Roma
en Romania
en romance, en romantic
en Romulan
References
Anagrams
en emor -more More Moré mero Mero omer Omer erom Orme moer mero- more Orem
en exonyms
en Provincial capitals of Italy
Afrikaans
af:
Etymology
af nl Rome, from af dum Rome.
Proper noun
af Rome Q220,Q18288160,Q2277
af Romeinse Ryk Romeinse Keiserryk
Related terms
af Romaan Romaans roman romanesk romans romantiek romanties Romein Romeins
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
(capital of Italy) From nl dum Rome.
(Maasdriel) First attested as Rome in 1830-1855. Named after the Italian city, allegedly because many Roman artefacts were found there.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈroː.mə/
nl Nl-Rome.ogg
nl Ro me
nl oːmə 2
Proper noun
n
nl Rome Q220,Q18288160,Q2277
nl hamlet mun/Maasdriel p/Gelderland c/Netherlands
Descendants
af Rome
References
Anagrams
nl emor moer more roem
nl exonyms
Finnish
Etymology
From fi en Rome.
Pronunciation
rome roum
Proper noun
Rome any of a number of localities in USA or elsewhere
Declension
sg Rom a
French
Etymology
fr fro Rome, from fr la Rōma.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Fhala.K-Rome.wav
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Rome.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Rome.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Rome.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Rome.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr rhum ROM rom Rom
Proper noun
f
fr Rome Q220,Q18288160,Q2277
Derived terms
fr à Rome, fais comme les Romains
fr Nouvelle Rome
fr Rome antique
fr Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour
fr tous les chemins mènent à Rome
Descendants
gcr Ròm 1
ht Wòm 1
fa رم rom 1
lo ໂຣມ 1
Anagrams
fr emor more More orme
fr exonyms
Friulian
Proper noun
fur proper noun f
fur Rome Q220,Q18288160,Q2277
Related terms
fur roman
fur romanesc
Italian
Proper noun
it noun form f
it Roma
le due Rome, the two Romes
Anagrams
it emor -mero Remo ermo mero more orme remo remò
Japanese
Romanization
ロメ
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Romè
Proper noun
lt proper noun form Romè
lt Ròmas//Rõmas loc s
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From dum odt - and dum frk *Rōma, from dum gmw-pro *Rūmu, from dum gem-pro *Rūmō.
Proper noun
dum proper noun Rōme f
dum Rome city in modern c/Italy
Inflection
dum noun
Descendants
nl Rome
li Roeme
Further reading
ID27642
47037
Middle English
Alternative forms
enm Roome Rombe Rume Room Rom
Etymology
enm :inh ang:Rōm
From enm ang Rōm, from enm gmw-pro *Rūmu, from enm gem-pro *Rūmō, from enm la Rōma.
Pronunciation
enm /ˈroːm(ə)/ /ˈrɔːm(ə)/
enm oːm(ə) ɔːm(ə) 1
Proper noun
enm a <<city>>, the <<capital>> of the Papacy ; ancient capital empire/Roman Empire Rome Ancient Rome
c 1129 87 yes ſe an ƿæſ ᵹehaten petruſ · he ƿæſ munec of clunni ·⁊ ƿeaſ boren of þa ricceſte men of rome · mid him helden ða of rome ·⁊ ſe duc of ſicilie · One was called Peter; he was a monk from Cluny who was descended from Rome's most powerful men. The people of Rome and the duke of Sicily sided with him.
Boetius 1 ccxxxv 1 But now I am removed from the cyte of Rome almoſt .V.C.M. paas, I am wythoute defence dampned to pꝛoscrepcion and to deathe But now I've been sent almost 500,000 paces from the city of Rome; I am without defence, sentenced to exile and death.
The Legende of Good Women Lucrece ccxxv yes 2 Ne never was ther king in Rome towne / Syns thilke day, ⁊ ſhe was holden there There was never a king in Rome after that day, and she was seen there
The Roman Empire.
Related terms
enm Romware
Descendants
en Rome
sco Roum Rome
References
Rọ̄me n MED37821 2018-04-01
enm terms with quotations
Old English
Pronunciation
Rōme
Proper noun
ang proper noun form Rōme
ang Rōm acc//gen//dat sg
Old French
Alternative forms
fro Rume Rumme Anglo-Norman
Etymology
From fro la Rōma.
Proper noun
no
fro a <<city>>, the <<capital>> of the Papacy ; ancient capital empire/Roman Empire Rome Ancient Rome
Descendants
frm Rome Romme
fr Rome
nrf Rome
pcd Rome
wa Rome
fro exonyms
Walloon
Pronunciation
wa /ʀɔm/
Proper noun
wa proper noun
wa Rome Q220,Q18288160,Q2277