"Roma" meaning in Italian

See Roma in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈro.ma/
Rhymes: -oma Etymology: Inherited from Latin Rōma. Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:inh|la:Rōma}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "Roma", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="Roma">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|it|la|Rōma|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin Rōma, {{inh+|it|la|Rōma}} Inherited from Latin Rōma Head templates: {{it-proper noun|f}} Roma f
  1. Rome (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) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Cities in Italy, Cities in Lazio, Italy, Places in Italy, Places in Lazio, Italy, Places in the Roman Empire, Regional capitals of Italy
    Sense id: en-Roma-it-name-nUh1WfR3 Categories (other): Ancient settlements, Former capitals, National capitals, Rome
  2. Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Places in Italy, Places in Lazio, Italy
    Sense id: en-Roma-it-name-Y4IDP~Gd Categories (other): Metropolitan cities of Italy
  3. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire) Tags: feminine, historical Related terms: romanesco, Romania, romanismo, romanista, romanità, romanizzare, romano
    Sense id: en-Roma-it-name--2hWd2T8 Categories (other): Ancient Rome, Former polities, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Italian entries referencing missing etymons, Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 7 5 36 7 5 36 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 7 5 35 7 5 35 3 3 Disambiguation of Italian entries referencing missing etymons: 26 5 43 2 24 Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 27 4 40 1 27 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 23 3 54 2 17
  4. Rome (a former province of Lazio, Italy) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Places in Italy, Places in Lazio, Italy
    Sense id: en-Roma-it-name-w20XWZFy Categories (other): Former political divisions
  5. the letter R in the Italian spelling alphabet Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Roma-it-name-3l~1XuOu

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-oma"
    }
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}
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