name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
Romney
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɹɒmni/
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UK: /ˈɹʌmnɪ/
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US: /ˈɹɑːmni/
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CMU ARPABET: R AA1 M N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Randolph Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
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name
Meaning 3
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
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name
Meaning 4
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Eastland County, Texas.
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name
Meaning 5
A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, named after Romney in Kent.
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name
Meaning 6
An English earldom.
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noun
Meaning 7
One of a particular English breed of small sheep with long wool and horns.
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noun
Meaning 8
Alternative form of rumney.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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History
Etymology
From a name of a village in Kent (see Old Romney), from a compound of Latin rumen (“gullet”) and Old English ēa (“river”).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: رُومْنِي (rumnī) — surname
- Armenian: Ռոմնի (Ṙomni) — surname
- Belarusian: Ро́мні (Rómni) — surname
- Bulgarian: Ро́мни (Rómni) — surname
- Chinese Mandarin: 羅姆尼 /罗姆尼 (Luómǔní) — surname
- Georgian: რომნი (romni) — surname
- Japanese: ロムニー (Romunī) — surname
- Marathi: रॉमनी (rŏmnī) — surname
- Persian: رومنی (romni) — surname
- Persian: رامنی (râmni) — surname
- Russian: Ро́мни (Rómni) — surname
- Ukrainian: Ро́мні (Rómni) — surname
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