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Derived from the endonym Rûm (Rome), the term for the Byzantine Empire in the Muslim world. See Arabic رُوم (rūm), Persian روم (Rūm), Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos), etc.
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Urum
Today it means: A Turkic language spoken in Ukraine and by a diaspora around the world, including in Georgia. Full definition →