Roma

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A nomadic people with origins in India, the Romani.
• A subgroup of the Romani people found primarily in Eastern Europe.
• A variety of the Romani language the Romani macrolanguage.
• Any of a number of places, including a city in Texas and a city in Queensland.
• A female given name from Latin of English-speakers.
• Alternative of Rome
• An Austronesian language of Indonesia.

Noun

• A Romani; a member of the Roma/Romani people.
• A variety of tomato.

Adjective

• Romani: of or pertaining to the Roma people.

Origin

• Related to Rom, from Romani rom, probably from Sanskrit डोम ("member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers") or डोम्ब, probably ultimately from the same root as Sanskrit डमरु ("drum"). The names of the Lom and Dom are related. Folk etymology pointed to a legend that the ethnic group were an exiled people from 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"). Rome.
• Compare Indonesian Romang ("Roma language").