"Romulus" meaning in English

See Romulus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈrɒmjʊləs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈrɑmjʊləs/ [General-American]
Etymology: From Latin Rōmulus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Rōmulus}} Latin Rōmulus Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Romulus
  1. (Roman mythology) The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Remus. Tags: Roman Categories (topical): Roman mythology Derived forms: Romulan Translations (legendary founder of Rome): Romúl [masculine] (Albanian), Ῥωμύλος (Rhōmúlos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), رُومُولُوس (rūmūlūs) [masculine] (Arabic), Հռոմուլոս (Hṙomulos) (Armenian), Rômulo [masculine] (Brazilian Portuguese), Rómulo [masculine] (European Portuguese), Romulus [masculine] (French), Rómulo [masculine] (Galician), რომულუსი (romulusi) (Georgian), Ρωμύλος (Romýlos) [masculine] (Greek), Romulus (Hungarian), Romolo [masculine] (Italian), Rōmulus [masculine] (Latin), रॉम्युलस (rŏmyulas) [masculine] (Marathi), Romulus [masculine] (Romanian), Ро́мул (Rómul) [masculine] (Russian), रोमुलः (romulaḥ) [masculine] (Sanskrit), Romul [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Rùmulu [masculine] (Sicilian), Ròmulu [masculine] (Sicilian), Rómulo (Spanish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈrɒmjʊləs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈrɑmjʊləs/ [General-American] Forms: Romuluses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French Romulus. This surname is mostly found in Haiti. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Romulus}} French Romulus Head templates: {{en-proper noun|es}} Romulus (plural Romuluses)
  1. A surname from French.
    Sense id: en-Romulus-en-name-gVOdYfSv Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈrɑmjʊləs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Romulus and Remus"
  ],
  "word": "Romulus"
}

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