Romanoun [ plural ]
/ˈrəʊ.mə//ˈroʊ.mə/people of a race originally from northern India who typically used to travel from place to place, and now live especially in Europe and North America
Examples from literature
- A band can have about 200 Roma.
- By 1950, groups of Roma lived on every continent, except for Antarctica.
- Helping other people in the band is very important to the Roma.
- It is very difficult to say how many Roma there are in the world because they move around so much.
- Most Roma find jobs they can do while traveling.
- Roma men and women made things to sell.
- Some Roma, however, don’t travel any more.
- The Roma have always been popular entertainers.
- The Roma live all over the world and speak the language of the country they live in.
- The leader of each Roma band is called the voivode.
- The older Roma in the band often plan marriages with Roma from other bands so that there is a friendly relationship between the bands.
- The other Roma in the band choose the voivode, and he is their leader for the rest of his life.
- Today, most Roma travel by cars and trailers instead of caravans and horses.