Etymology

romaja

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Today it means: A representation of Korean in Latin script. Full definition →

Korean 로마자(字)
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  1. Korean · borrowed from로마자(字)
  2. English todayromaja

Borrowed from Korean 로마자(字) (romaja, from 로마 (Roma, “Rome, Roman”) + 자(字) (ja, “letter, character”), literally “Roman letters”).

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