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

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
• Romnesia
• Romney hut
• Romney Marsh

Noun

Romney (plural Romneys)

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.