Romney

See also: romney

English

Alternative forms

• Rumney

Etymology

From a name of a village in Kent (see Old Romney), from a compound of Latin rumen (“gullet”) and Old English ēa (“river”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒmni/, /ˈɹʌmnɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑːmni/

Proper noun

Romney

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Romney

Wikipedia

1. A surname.
2. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Randolph Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
   2. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
   3. An unincorporated community in Eastland County, Texas.
   4. A city, the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, named after Romney in Kent.
3. An English earldom.

Derived terms

• New Romney
• Romney hut
• Romney Marsh

Noun

Romney (plural Romneys)

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Romney sheep

Wikipedia

1. One of a particular English breed of small sheep with long wool and horns.

Translations

surname

Arabic: رُومْنِي (rumnī) Armenian: Ռոմնի (Ṙomni) Belarusian: Ро́мні (Rómni) Bulgarian: Ро́мни (Rómni) Chinese: Mandarin: 羅姆尼 / 罗姆尼 (Luómǔní) Georgian: რომნი (romni) Japanese: ロムニー (Romunī) Marathi: रॉमनी (rŏmnī) Persian: رومنی (romni), رامنی (râmni) Russian: Ро́мни (ru) (Rómni) Ukrainian: Ро́мні (Rómni)

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Romney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.