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Roma vs Mare - What's the difference?

roma | mare |

As nouns the difference between roma and mare

is that roma is roman while mare is tide (periodic change of sea level).

As an adjective roma

is roman.

roma

English

Etymology 1

Related to Rom, from (etyl) rom, probably ultimately from (etyl) .See e.g. Matras, Romani, A linguistic Introduction'' (2005) The names of the ''Lom'' and ''Dom are related. 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.

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A nomadic people with origins in India, the Romani.
  • A subgroup of the Romani people found primary in Eastern Europe.
  • A variety of the Romani language (or occasionally) the Romani macrolanguage.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Romani; a member of the Roma/Romani people.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Romani: of or pertaining to the Roma people.

    • See also

    * Rom *

    References

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) and (etyl) .

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A variety of tomato.
  • Any of a number of places, including a city in Texas and a city in Queensland.
  • of English-speakers.

    • Etymology 3

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An Austronesian language of Indonesia.

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    mare

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) mare, mere, from (etyl) mere, . Alternative etymology cites derivation via (etyl) mere, miere'', from (etyl) ), from (etyl) ''markos'' (compare (etyl) march), from Iranian ''marikas'' (compare Old Persian ''marikas'' 'male, manly'), from ''maryas'' (compare Avestan ''mairya'' 'man; male animal'); akin to Sanskrit ''máryas 'young man; stallion'. More at marry.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An adult female horse.
  • *
  • *:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶.
  • A foolish woman.
  • *2007 , Hester Browne, Little Lady, Big Apple
  • *:The silly mare phoned your mother, talking about applying for a mortgage, and we don't want that, do we?
    • Antonyms
    * stallion and gelding refer to adult male horses (a colt refers to an immature one)
    Coordinate terms
    * (adult female horse) foal and filly refer to younger horses, pony can refer to adult horses of either gender under a certain height.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) mare, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, outside, dialects) A type of evil spirit thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep; a nightmare.
  • (UK, colloquial) (Shortening of (nightmare)) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
    • I'm having a complete mare today.
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (maria)
  • (planetology) A dark, large circular plain; a “sea”.
  • (planetology) On Saturn's moon Titan, a large expanse of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.

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