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Roman road

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of many roads built in Europe, including Britain, by the Ancient Romans, many of which survive in various forms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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  • Albanian: rruga romake — road built by the Romans
  • Arabic: طَرِيق رُومَانِيَّة (ṭarīq rūmāniyya) — road built by the Romans
  • Armenian: հռոմեական ճանապարհ (hṙomeakan čanaparh) — road built by the Romans
  • Basque: erromatar galtzada — road built by the Romans
  • Belarusian: рымская дарога (rymskaja daróha) — road built by the Romans
  • Bulgarian: римски път (rimski pǎt) — road built by the Romans
  • Catalan: via romana — road built by the Romans
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羅馬道路 /罗马道路 (Luómǎ dàolù) — road built by the Romans
  • Czech: Římská cesta — road built by the Romans
  • Danish: romervej — road built by the Romans
  • Dutch: heerweg — road built by the Romans
  • Dutch: heirbaan — road built by the Romans
  • Dutch: heerstraat — road built by the Romans
  • Esperanto: romia vojo — road built by the Romans
  • Estonian: Rooma tee — road built by the Romans
  • Finnish: roomalainen tie — road built by the Romans
  • Finnish: roomalaistie — road built by the Romans
  • French: voie romaine — road built by the Romans
  • Galician: via romana — road built by the Romans
  • Georgian: რომული გზა (romuli gza) — road built by the Romans
  • German: Römerstraße — road built by the Romans
  • Greek: Ρωμαϊκή οδός (Romaïkí odós) — road built by the Romans
  • Hebrew: הדרך הרומאית (ha-derekh ha-romait) — road built by the Romans
  • Hungarian: római út — road built by the Romans
  • Irish: bóthar Rómhánach — road built by the Romans
  • Italian: strada romana — road built by the Romans
  • Japanese: ローマ街道 (Rōma kaidō) — road built by the Romans
  • Korean: 로마의 도로 (romaui doro) — road built by the Romans
  • Latvian: romiešu ceļš — road built by the Romans
  • Lithuanian: romėnų kelias — road built by the Romans
  • Macedonian: римски пат (rimski pat) — road built by the Romans
  • Marathi: रोमन रस्ता (roman rastā) — road built by the Romans
  • Marathi: रोमन मार्ग (roman mārga) — road built by the Romans
  • Norwegian Bokmål: romervei — road built by the Romans
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: romarveg — road built by the Romans
  • Persian: خیابان رومی (xiyâbân-e rumi) — road built by the Romans
  • Polish: droga rzymska — road built by the Romans
  • Portuguese: estrada romana — road built by the Romans
  • Romanian: drum roman — road built by the Romans
  • Russian: ри́мская доро́га (rímskaja doróga) — road built by the Romans
  • Serbo-Croatian: Римска путева — road built by the Romans
  • Serbo-Croatian: Rimska puteva — road built by the Romans
  • Slovak: Rímska cesta — road built by the Romans
  • Slovene: Rimska cesta — road built by the Romans
  • Spanish: calzada romana — road built by the Romans
  • Swedish: romersk väg — road built by the Romans
  • Turkish: antik Roma yol — road built by the Romans
  • Ukrainian: римська дорога (rymsʹka doroha) — road built by the Romans
  • Vietnamese: đường La Mã — road built by the Romans
  • Welsh: ffordd Rufeinig — road built by the Romans