Rome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: rōm
ipa: /ɹəʊm/
ipa: /ɹum/
enpr: rōm
ipa: /ɹoʊm/
rhymes: -əʊm
homophone: roam
homophone: Rom
Forms: form: Rom
form: Roome
form: Room
form: Rhoome
form: Romme
form: Rowme
form: Roym
form: Rum
form: Roma
Etymology: From Middle English Rome, from Old English Rōm, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu, from Proto-Germanic *Rūmō and influenced by Late Latin Rōma (“Rome, Constantinople”), from Classical Latin Rōma (“Rome”). In Roman mythology, the name was said to derive from Romulus, one of the founders of the city and its first king.
The name appears in a wide range of forms in Middle English, including Rom, Room, Roome, and Rombe as well as Rome; by early modern English, it appeared as Rome, Room, and Roome, with the spelling Rome occurring in Shakespeare and common from the early 18th century on. The final spelling was influenced by Norman, Middle French, Anglo-Norman, and Old French Rome. Doublet of Roma and Rum.
Senses: examples: text: When could they say (till now) that talk'd of Rome,
That her wide Walles incompast but one man?
Now is it Rome indeed, and Roome enough
When there is in it but one onely man.
ref: 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], line 157:
text: Within the last thirty weeks I have heard the word Rome pronounced Room by several old-fashioned people in the north of Ireland, some of my own relations among the number. On remonstrating with one of these, she said, "It was always Room when I was at school (say about 1830), and I am too old to change it now."
ref: 1866 December 8, 'Filius Ecclesiæ', Notes & Queries, "Rome:Room", 456 1
glosses: 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.
glosses: A metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy.
examples: text: At first, Berlin tried to amend the agreement to restore a German trade surplus, but Rome refused.
ref: 2016, Per Tiedtke, chapter 2, in Germany, Italy and the International Economy 1929–1936: Co-operation or Rivalries at Times of Crisis?, Europe: Tectum Verlag, →ISBN, page 99:
glosses: The Italian government.
examples: text: These that suruiue, let Rome reward with loue.
ref: c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line 82:
text: Learning and Rome alike in Empire grew,
And Arts still follow'd where her Eagles flew;
From the same Foes [viz., Tyranny and Superstition], at last, both felt their Doom,
And the same Age saw Learning fall, and Rome.
ref: 1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC, page 39:
text: A wife's dishonour unking'd Rome for ever.
ref: 1821, Lord Byron, Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. An Historical Tragedy, in Five Acts. […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 149:
synonyms: Ancient Rome
glosses: An ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire.
examples: text: The wych you perauenture wyl impute to thys defectyon from Rome.
ref: 1537 January 26, T. Starkey, letter
text: Winch. Rome shall remedie this
Warw. Roame thither then.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: The Holy See, the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church, particularly prior to the establishment of the Vatican City in the 19th century.
examples: text: King Iohn hath reconcil'd Himselfe to Rome.
ref: c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], line 7:
glosses: The Church of Rome, the Roman Catholic Church generally.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama.
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A city, the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia.
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A census-designated place in Peoria County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Perry County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Henry County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Ellis County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.
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An unincorporated community in Daviess County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Kennebec County, Maine.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sunflower County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Oneida County, New York.
examples: (the name of the post office)
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Green Township, Adams County, Ohio.
synonyms: Stout
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Morrow County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Richland County, Ohio.
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An unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon.
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A borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Smith County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and unincorporated community in Adams County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships, including in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio (3) and Pennsylvania (2), listed under Rome Township.
glosses: A surname.
Synonyms: word: Romeburg
word: Romeburgh
word: Romeland
word: Romelede
word: Romethede
word: Rome town
word: Rome city
word: Istanbul
english: new Rome
translation: new Rome
word: Constantinople
english: third Rome, new Rome
translation: third Rome, new Rome
word: Moscow
Derived terms: word: all roads lead to Rome
word: do not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope
word: Duchy of Rome
word: go to Rome with a mortar on one's head
word: Roman
word: Rome plow
word: Rome rule
word: Rome Rule
word: Romes
word: Rome was not built in a day
word: Rome wasn't built in a day
word: Romish
word: when in Rome, do as the Romans do
Related terms: Roma
Romania
romance
romantic
Romulan