ROMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Roma mean? 

• ROMA (noun)
  The noun ROMA has 2 senses:

1. a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)

2. capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire

  Familiarity information: ROMA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bohemian; Gipsy; Gypsy; Roma; Romani; Romany; Rommany

Hypernyms ("Roma" is a kind of...):

Indian (a native or inhabitant of India)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Roma"):

gitana (a Spanish female Gypsy)

gitano (a Spanish male Gypsy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma; Rome

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Roma"):

Amphitheatrum Flavium; Colosseum (a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80)

Sistine Chapel (the private chapel of the popes in Rome; it was built by and named after Sixtus IV in 1473)

Seven Hills of Rome (the hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built)

Lateran (the site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace)

Holy See; State of the Vatican City; The Holy See (the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929)

Meronyms (members of "Roma"):

Roman (a resident of modern Rome)

Domain member region:

catacomb (an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome))

Roman; Romanic (of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome))

tribune ((ancient Rome) an official elected by the plebeians to protect their interests)

sibyl ((ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet)

procurator ((ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes)

pontifex (a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome)

gladiator ((ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat)

centurion ((ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers)

augur; auspex ((ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy)

Bacchus ((classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus)

toga virilis ((ancient Rome) a toga worn by a youth as a symbol of manhood and citizenship)

pantheon ((antiquity) a temple to all the gods)

circus ((antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games)

lustrum (a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census)

Holonyms ("Roma" is a part of...):

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)