Romani
Americannoun
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the Indic language of the Roma, its various forms differing greatly because of local influences.
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a member of the Roma, a traditionally nomadic ethnic group.
adjective
noun
Sensitive Note
See gypsy.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Romani
First recorded in 1800–05; from Romani romani, feminine singular of adjective romanō “pertaining to the Roma”; see origin at Rom ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Kezia is the lone surviving member of a nomadic Romani family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
"She reflects the reality of millions of people living in the Balkans. She embodies a Balkan identity more than a Romani one," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
"But it's nice to not know everything," Romani added.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 1, 2026
The church houses the Salus Populi Romani, a Byzantine icon of the Virgin believed to have been made by St Luke the Evangelist and used by Jesuit orders all over the world.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
Or at best a confused motivation, as with Liszt’s well-intentioned misunderstanding of Romani music.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Even what to call the entities in these devices is fraught, says Chloe Romanis, a biolawyer at Durham Law School, UK.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2023
The Monsignor Sacristan, Alfonso de Romanis, parish priest of the Vatican, sprinkled the still room and its grave company with holy water.
From Time Magazine Archive
With holy oil Monsignor de Romanis touched the Pope's closed eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
You are to understand him as, though Greek by birth, Romanior ipsis Romanis: Greek body, but ultra-Roman ego.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth
After this word, in the editions of Cortius, Kritzius, Gerlach, Allen, and Dietsch, follows Romanis or esse Romanis.
From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by Watson, John Selby
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