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Romani: of or pertaining to the Romani people.
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A nomadic people with origins in India, the Romani.
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A subgroup of the Romani people found primarily in Eastern Europe.
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A variety of the Romani language (or occasionally) the Romani macrolanguage.
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A number of places around the world:
A town, the seat of the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia, from the Italian surname di Roma.
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A number of places around the world:
A settlement in Maseru district, Lesotho.
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A number of places around the world:
A town in Ascope province, La Libertad region, northern Peru.
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A number of places around the world:
A commune in Botoșani County, Romania.
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A number of places around the world:
A village in Valencia province, Valencia, Spain.
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A number of places around the world:
A locality in central Gotland, Sweden.
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A number of places around the world:
A city and border crossing point on the Rio Grande in Starr County, Texas, United States.
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A female given name from Latin of English-speakers.
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Alternative form of Rome:
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.
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Alternative form of Rome:
A metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy
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Alternative form of Rome:
An ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire.
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Usage: historical
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An Austronesian language of Indonesia.
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noun
A Rom; a member of the Romani people.
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noun
A variety of tomato.
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Alternative letter-case form of Roma (“a variety of tomato”).
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capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
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Synonyms: Rome, Eternal City, Italian capital, capital of Italy
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Broader terms: national capital
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a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
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Synonyms: Gypsy, Gipsy, Romany, Rommany, Romani, Bohemian
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Broader terms: Indian
Narrower terms: gitana, gitano
History
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”).
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