romney

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UK/ˈɹɒmni/UK/ˈɹʌmnɪ/US/ˈɹɑːmni/

proper noun

A surname.

OriginLatin rumen ← Old English ēa →
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Meanings

romney1

nounromney (countable and uncountable, plural romneys)

plural romneys

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of rumney.

Romney2

proper noun

alternative Rumney

  1. A surname.

    Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah both confirmed that a bipartisan group of lawmakers will have a series of video meetings starting in the next several days to see if they could agree on a deal soon.

    2022 January 20, Lauren Fox, Morgan Rimmer and Clare Foran, “Bipartisan group of senators seeks common ground on changing Electoral Count Act”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2022
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Randolph Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
    2. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
    3. An unincorporated community in Eastland County, Texas.
    4. A city, the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, named after Romney in Kent.
  3. An English earldom.
nounRomney (plural Romneys)

plural Romneys · alternative Rumney

  1. One of a particular English breed of small sheep with long wool and horns.

Origin

  1. Old Englishēa“river”
  2. Latinrumen“gullet”
  3. EnglishRomney

From a name of a village in Kent (see Old Romney), from a compound of Latin rumen (“gullet”) and Old English ēa (“river”).

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Translations

Arabic رُومْنِي
  • رُومْنِي (rumnī)surname
Bulgarian Ро́мни
  • Ро́мни (Rómni)surname
Chinese Mandarin 羅姆尼 /罗姆尼
  • 羅姆尼 /罗姆尼 (Luómǔní)surname
Japanese ロムニー
  • ロムニー (Romunī)surname
Persian رومنی, رامنی
  • رومنی (romni)surname
  • رامنی (râmni)surname
Russian Ро́мни
  • Ро́мни (Rómni)surname
Ukrainian Ро́мні
  • Ро́мні (Rómni)surname
Cite this entry
APA

romney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/romney

MLA

“romney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/romney. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “romney,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/romney.

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