Meanings
romanization1
nounromanization (countable and uncountable, plural romanizations)
plural romanizations
- countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Romanization.
Romanization2
nounRomanization (countable and uncountable, plural Romanizations)
plural Romanizations · alternative romanization · alternative Romanisation · alternative romanisation
- uncountableusuallyThe act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet, by means such as transliteration and transcription.
- countableAn instance (a string) of text transliterated or transcribed from another alphabet into the Latin alphabet.
As an alternate name for Sakyamuni, Kircher gave "Omyto", which is a romanization of A-mi-to-fu, whom Kircher stated was commonly called "Amida", i.e., the Japanese pronunciation.
1989, David E. Mungello, Curious Land: Jesuit Accommodation and the Origins of Sinology, →ISBN, page 1601 more example
Furthermore, certain places and people are already internationally well known by particular romanizations of their names, and these romanizations may not conform to any of the official systems detailed above.
2005, Chris Berry, Feii Lu, Island on the Edge: Taiwan New Cinema and After, →ISBN, page 11
Origin
Translations
Arabic رَوْمَنَة, نَقْحَرَة
- رَوْمَنَة (rawmana)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- نَقْحَرَة (naqḥara)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- كَرْشَنَة (karšana)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- لَاتِينِيَّة (lātīniyya)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Bulgarian латиниза́ция, романиза́ция
- латиниза́ция (latinizácija)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- романиза́ция (romanizácija)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Catalan romanització
- romanitzacióputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Chinese Mandarin 羅馬化 /罗马化, 拉丁化
- 羅馬化 /罗马化 (luómǎhuà)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- 拉丁化 (lādīnghuà)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- 拼音 (pīnyīn)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- 羅馬字 /罗马字 (luómǎzì)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Czech romanizace, latinizace
- romanizaceputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- latinizaceputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Danish romanisering
- romaniseringputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Dutch romanisatie
- romanisatieputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Finnish latinisaatio
- latinisaatioputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
French transcription en caractères romains, romanisation
- transcription en caractères romainsputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- romanisationputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
German Romanisierung
- Romanisierungputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Hebrew רומניזציה
- רומניזציהputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Hindi रोमनीकरण
- रोमनीकरण (romanīkaraṇ)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Hungarian latin betűs átírás
- latin betűs átírásputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Indonesian romanisasi
- romanisasiputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Italian romanizzazione
- romanizzazioneputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Japanese ラテン文字化, ローマ字化
- ラテン文字化 (Raten mojika)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- ローマ字化 (rōmajika)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- ローマ字putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- ローマ字綴り (rōmaji tsuzuri)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Korean 로마자화, 로마자
- 로마자화 (romajahwa)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- 로마자 (romaja)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Malay perumian
- perumianputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Norwegian Bokmål romanisering
- romaniseringputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Persian لاتیننویسی, رومننویسی
- لاتیننویسی (lâtin-nevisi)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- رومننویسی (roman-nevisi)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- رومنسازی (roman-sâzi)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Polish latynizacja, romanizacja
- latynizacjaputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- romanizacjaputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Portuguese romanização
- romanizaçãoputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Romanian romanizare
- romanizareputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Russian латиниза́ция, романиза́ция
- латиниза́ция (latinizácija)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- романиза́ция (romanizácija)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Slovak latinizácia, romanizácia
- latinizáciaputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- romanizáciaputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Spanish romanización
- romanizaciónputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Swedish romanisering
- romaniseringputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Thai ทำให้เป็นแบบโรมัน, การถอดเป็นอักษรโรมัน
- ทำให้เป็นแบบโรมัน (tam-hâi bpen bɛ̀ɛp roo-man)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- การถอดเป็นอักษรโรมัน (gaan-tɔ̀ɔt bpen àk-sɔ̌ɔn roo-man)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Turkish romanizasyon, romanlaştırma
- romanizasyonputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- romanlaştırmaputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- latinleştirmeputting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Ukrainian латиніза́ція, романіза́ція
- латиніза́ція (latynizácija)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
- романіза́ція (romanizácija)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Urdu رومن نویسی
- رومن نویسی (roman navīsī)putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with romanization
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
romanization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/romanization
MLA
“romanization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/romanization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “romanization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/romanization.
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