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Roma vs Romanian - What's the difference?

roma | romanian |

As proper nouns the difference between roma and romanian

is that roma is a nomadic people with origins in India, the Romani while Romanian is the official language of Romania and Moldova.

As nouns the difference between roma and romanian

is that roma is a Romani; a member of the Roma/Romani people while Romanian is a native of Romania.

As adjectives the difference between roma and romanian

is that roma is romani: of or pertaining to the Roma people while Romanian is of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.

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.

    • External links

    *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    romanian

    English

    (wikipedia Romanian)

    Alternative forms

    * Rumanian * Roumanian (dated)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "Romanian")

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A native of Romania.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "Romanian")

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The official language of Romania and Moldova.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "Romanian")

    Synonyms

    * Daco-Romanian

    See also

    * (ro) * Language list * Aromanian * Istro-Romanian * Megleno-Romanian * Moldavian * Vlach

    External links

    * Romanian - English Dictionary]: from [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition. * Romanian - English online dictionary and language forum *