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Definition of Romany in English: Romany(also Romani) nounPlural Romanies ˈrɒməniˈrəʊməni 1mass noun The language of the Gypsies, which is an Indo-European language related to Hindi. It is spoken by a dispersed group of about 1 million people, and has many dialects. Example sentencesExamples - The language of the Roma population is Romany, although many Roma combine that language with Romanian.
- Carl continued muttering in both English and Romany as they headed out the door.
- A moment later a deep-throated roar quite unlike the voice I had just heard erupted into a tirade interspersed with vile-sounding words in Romany.
- It's much more likely to derive from the Romany.
- One particular myth about Romany that doubtless appealed to Sackville-West and Trefusis was that it did not contain any words for duty or possession, concepts held to be totally alien to gypsy life.
- I could hear and understand their prayers in Romany.
- And they would come there and they'd come from deep in Asia over centuries and centuries, and they spoke their own language, Romany, which had a heavy Indian influence.
- Gypsies speak Romany, an Indic language of the Indo-European language family.
Synonyms traveller, rambler, hiker, wayfarer, migrant, globetrotter, roamer, rover 2A Gypsy. Example sentencesExamples - At a previous gathering, I met some Romanies in Denmark.
- A family of gipsies living on land they own in Wickford have won their battle to stay there permanently after judges ruled they were real Romanies whose nomadic lifestyle has been restricted.
- If we take Finland as an example, we find that the Saami, Romanies, and Swedes have to learn Finnish, but Finns do not have to learn any of these languages.
- The book also deals with the dilemmas of the politics of identity, especially with respect to the just treatment of Romanies in Central Europe.
- In a free society, if Jews, Romanies or Muslims want to go to their rabbi, gypsy king or imam to settle civil matters instead of suing each other in a court of law, it should be, as it has always been, a fundamental right.
- We do not consider these people to be gypsies or traditional Romanies but little more than itinerant workers.
- Less than 10 per cent of the world's eight million Romanies remain nomadic.
- True gypsies, or Romanies, were perceived and defined as a separate nomadic people possessing their own language, customs, and beliefs.
- It's a shame if these people give Romanies and the genuine traveller a bad name.
- The Romanies have a history of well over a thousand years, it's an old culture and to me they're very special people.
- The Romanies, an extended family consisting of grandparents, their daughter, and her family, have lived in north Wiltshire for more than 50 years.
- To the rest of you non-Gypsies out there, I hope this book will interest you in the Rom enough to seek out some more factual books on them - particularly books written by Romanies, rather than just about them.
adjective ˈrɒməniˈrəʊməni Relating to Gypsies or their language. Example sentencesExamples - Two Gypsies were shrieking Romany imprecations at each other, struggling for possession of a huge crystal ball.
- Gypsies came from northern India and adopted a wandering life-style, keeping their Romany language and traditions.
- I had a general feeling that she hated me, that she was hostile towards me only because of my Romany origins.
- Augustus John, who had a certain talent but nothing to say, so admired Romany culture that he dressed like one.
- Singers ranging from Romany gypsies to an Algerian rapper join him.
- We parade down the road, where the Chmelars' Romany neighbours surprise us by playing not traditional gipsy music, but superb modern jazz.
- Gypsies were marked as the other in terms of race, class, and religion; the name itself derives from Egyptian and points toward the much-discussed myth that the Romany race descended from an ancient Eastern tribe.
- The ensuing investigation brings Sasha face to face with victims across the city - from Georgian marketeers to Romany gypsies.
- The title is taken from the Romany language of the Gypsies meaning ‘wherever.’
- He'd done so grudgingly and he'd breathed a sigh of relief when Stephan had left home at the age of twenty to marry a Romany girl.
- I'm not sure the extent to which it's happening to the Romany people but I think it's probably an issue the way it has been an issue for First Nations people in Canada and Aborigines in Australia.
- But in Wigton, when men talked about a horse, they talked about a ‘grey’, which is a Romany word for horse.
- He has recently completed a journey around Europe in a traditional Romany wagon.
- At the inquiry the appellant stated that she was a Romany Gypsy who had travelled all her life.
Synonyms travelling, rambling, roaming, roving, journeying, drifting, itinerant, floating, wayfaring, voyaging, touring
Origin Early 19th century: from Romany Romani, feminine and plural of the adjective Romano, from Rom 'man, husband' (see Rom). Definition of Romany in US English: Romany(also Romani) noun 1The language of the Gypsies, which is an Indo-European language related to Hindi. It is spoken by a dispersed group of about 1 million people, and has many dialects. Example sentencesExamples - The language of the Roma population is Romany, although many Roma combine that language with Romanian.
- Carl continued muttering in both English and Romany as they headed out the door.
- I could hear and understand their prayers in Romany.
- And they would come there and they'd come from deep in Asia over centuries and centuries, and they spoke their own language, Romany, which had a heavy Indian influence.
- Gypsies speak Romany, an Indic language of the Indo-European language family.
- A moment later a deep-throated roar quite unlike the voice I had just heard erupted into a tirade interspersed with vile-sounding words in Romany.
- One particular myth about Romany that doubtless appealed to Sackville-West and Trefusis was that it did not contain any words for duty or possession, concepts held to be totally alien to gypsy life.
- It's much more likely to derive from the Romany.
Synonyms traveller, rambler, hiker, wayfarer, migrant, globetrotter, roamer, rover 2A Gypsy. Example sentencesExamples - True gypsies, or Romanies, were perceived and defined as a separate nomadic people possessing their own language, customs, and beliefs.
- A family of gipsies living on land they own in Wickford have won their battle to stay there permanently after judges ruled they were real Romanies whose nomadic lifestyle has been restricted.
- The Romanies, an extended family consisting of grandparents, their daughter, and her family, have lived in north Wiltshire for more than 50 years.
- It's a shame if these people give Romanies and the genuine traveller a bad name.
- We do not consider these people to be gypsies or traditional Romanies but little more than itinerant workers.
- The Romanies have a history of well over a thousand years, it's an old culture and to me they're very special people.
- If we take Finland as an example, we find that the Saami, Romanies, and Swedes have to learn Finnish, but Finns do not have to learn any of these languages.
- Less than 10 per cent of the world's eight million Romanies remain nomadic.
- The book also deals with the dilemmas of the politics of identity, especially with respect to the just treatment of Romanies in Central Europe.
- To the rest of you non-Gypsies out there, I hope this book will interest you in the Rom enough to seek out some more factual books on them - particularly books written by Romanies, rather than just about them.
- At a previous gathering, I met some Romanies in Denmark.
- In a free society, if Jews, Romanies or Muslims want to go to their rabbi, gypsy king or imam to settle civil matters instead of suing each other in a court of law, it should be, as it has always been, a fundamental right.
adjective Relating to Gypsies or their language. Example sentencesExamples - Singers ranging from Romany gypsies to an Algerian rapper join him.
- He'd done so grudgingly and he'd breathed a sigh of relief when Stephan had left home at the age of twenty to marry a Romany girl.
- Two Gypsies were shrieking Romany imprecations at each other, struggling for possession of a huge crystal ball.
- At the inquiry the appellant stated that she was a Romany Gypsy who had travelled all her life.
- Gypsies came from northern India and adopted a wandering life-style, keeping their Romany language and traditions.
- The title is taken from the Romany language of the Gypsies meaning ‘wherever.’
- The ensuing investigation brings Sasha face to face with victims across the city - from Georgian marketeers to Romany gypsies.
- I had a general feeling that she hated me, that she was hostile towards me only because of my Romany origins.
- He has recently completed a journey around Europe in a traditional Romany wagon.
- But in Wigton, when men talked about a horse, they talked about a ‘grey’, which is a Romany word for horse.
- Augustus John, who had a certain talent but nothing to say, so admired Romany culture that he dressed like one.
- Gypsies were marked as the other in terms of race, class, and religion; the name itself derives from Egyptian and points toward the much-discussed myth that the Romany race descended from an ancient Eastern tribe.
- We parade down the road, where the Chmelars' Romany neighbours surprise us by playing not traditional gipsy music, but superb modern jazz.
- I'm not sure the extent to which it's happening to the Romany people but I think it's probably an issue the way it has been an issue for First Nations people in Canada and Aborigines in Australia.
Synonyms travelling, rambling, roaming, roving, journeying, drifting, itinerant, floating, wayfaring, voyaging, touring
Origin Early 19th century: from Romany Romani, feminine and plural of the adjective Romano, from Rom ‘man, husband’ (see Rom). |