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Roma.

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)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

name[ˈroː.ma]Classical-Latin[ˈrɔː.ma][ˈroː.maː]Classical-Latin[ˈrɔː.ma]

  1. 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)

    declension-1
    Ut Rōma iugum omnibus terrīs impōneret.
    Venit Rōmā.

  2. Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire)

    declension-1 · historical

  3. Rome and/or Constantinople (the latter as "Nova Roma")

    Late-Latin · declension-1

  4. The Roman Catholic Church in general

    Ecclesiastical · Latin · declension-1 · poetic

  5. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

    New-Latin · declension-1
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. * Roman mythology derived the name from Rōmulus, name of the legendary founder and first king. This is almost certainly a folk etymology, and the name of the mythical figure is more likely derived from the city name. * The word may derive from *Roumon- or *Roumen-, an archaic name for the Tiber river that would be derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *srew- (“to flow”) (for which compare Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “river”) and Στρῡμών (Strūmṓn, “Strymon, Struma”), Albanian rrymë (“stream”), Proto-Slavic *strumy (“stream”), Lithuanian stràuma (“stream”), and perhaps also Latin rūmen). If so, the intermediate source may have been an Indo-European substrate. * The word may be of Etruscan origin, as 𐌓𐌖𐌌𐌀 (ruma) was one of the Etruscan gentes, from 𐌓𐌖𐌌 (rum, “teat”). Given the lack of a secure Indo-European etymology for Rōma, this possibility is most appealing.

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