Example sentences from the Web for Romany

Like common Gipsies, these reverend Romany require their hands to be crossed with silver.
Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853)|Various
The fact that his mother had belonged to one of the leading Romany tribes Phillips found greatly to his advantage.
Hard Pressed|Fred M. White
She is a Romany: she belongs to the Romany people; I will find a way.
The World For Sale, Complete|Gilbert Parker
Romany was a quiet chap after all, and the chaps had no right to chyack him.
Joe Wilson and His Mates|Henry Lawson

And coin kerdo tute cambri, Miry dearie chi, miry Romany chi?
The Romany Rye|George Borrow

Romany

Romani

/ (ˈrɒmənɪ, ˈrəʊ-) /

noun

plural -nies or -nis

another name for a Gypsy
(as modifier)Romany customs

the language of the Gypsies, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family, but incorporating extensive borrowings from local European languages. Most of its 250 000 speakers are bilingual. It is extinct in Britain

Word Origin for Romany

C19: from Romany romani (adj) Gypsy, ultimately from Sanskrit domba man of a low caste of musicians, of Dravidian origin

Words nearby Romany

romanticism, romanticist, romanticize, Romantic Movement, Romanus, Romany, romanza, romaunt, Rombauer, Romberg, Romberg's sign

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	romany
释义	Example sentences from the Web for Romany Like common Gipsies, these reverend Romany require their hands to be crossed with silver. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853)\|Various The fact that his mother had belonged to one of the leading Romany tribes Phillips found greatly to his advantage. Hard Pressed\|Fred M. White She is a Romany: she belongs to the Romany people; I will find a way. The World For Sale, Complete\|Gilbert Parker Romany was a quiet chap after all, and the chaps had no right to chyack him. Joe Wilson and His Mates\|Henry Lawson And coin kerdo tute cambri, Miry dearie chi, miry Romany chi? The Romany Rye\|George Borrow Romany Romani / (ˈrɒmənɪ, ˈrəʊ-) / noun plural -nies or -nis another name for a Gypsy (as modifier)Romany customs the language of the Gypsies, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family, but incorporating extensive borrowings from local European languages. Most of its 250 000 speakers are bilingual. It is extinct in Britain Word Origin for Romany C19: from Romany romani (adj) Gypsy, ultimately from Sanskrit domba man of a low caste of musicians, of Dravidian origin Words nearby Romany romanticism, romanticist, romanticize, Romantic Movement, Romanus, Romany, romanza, romaunt, Rombauer, Romberg, Romberg's sign Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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