roma

plural romas

1. Alternative letter-case form of Roma (“a variety of tomato”).

   Swap the vegetables for roma tomatoes (seeded), steamed new potatoes, carrots, and chickpeas (rinsed and drained); add a pinch of curry to the vinaigrette.

   2008 January–February, Mark Bittman, “The only 7 meals you need for 2008”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 138

alternative Rroma

1. A nomadic people with origins in India, the Romani.
2. A subgroup of the Romani people found primarily in Eastern Europe.
3. A variety of the Romani language (or occasionally) the Romani macrolanguage.

plural Romas · alternative Rroma

1. A Rom; a member of the Romani people.

   My genes would best be described as a melting pot – my mother is part Bulgarian Roma, part Romanichal (English Romany), and my dad is part Romanichal, part Irish Traveller – thus, it was hardly surprising when I was born a blue-eyed milk bottle.

   2013 October 25, Filip Borev, “I was a pale Roma baby – it's always been a family joke that I was stolen”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2022

alternative Rroma

1. not comparableRomani: of or pertaining to the Romani people.

1. A number of places around the world:
   1. A town, the seat of the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia, from the Italian surname di Roma.
   2. A settlement in Maseru district, Lesotho.
   3. A town in Ascope province, La Libertad region, northern Peru.
   4. A commune in Botoșani County, Romania.
   5. A village in Valencia province, Valencia, Spain.
   6. A locality in central Gotland, Sweden.
   7. A city and border crossing point on the Rio Grande in Starr County, Texas, United States.
2. A female given name from Latin of English-speakers.
3. Alternative form of Rome:
   1. A major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire.

      At Neapolis there was chaos as those who could flee Roma came to this port seeking escape.

      1987 October, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, chapter 1, in A Flame in Byzantium, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, part I (Belisarius), page 4

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      O Roma, Roma, at thy feet / I lay this barren gift of song! / For, ah! the way is steep and long / That leads unto thy sacred street.

      1881, Oscar Wilde, “[Rosa Mystica.] Rome Unvisited.”, in Poems, London: David Bogue, […], →OCLC, canto I, page 44

      But it would have been so nice to have a private income, and to be able sometimes to go to Venezia, Firenze, Roma, those places with the beautiful names.

      1896, W[alter] D[elaplaine] Scull, “Mrs. Platt”, in The Garden of the Matchboxes and Other Stories, London: Elkin Mathews, page 94

   2. A metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy
   3. historicalAn ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire.

plural Romas

1. A variety of tomato.

1. An Austronesian language of Indonesia.