Romney

Romney

See also: romney

English

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 city, the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States, named after Romney in Kent.
3. An English earldom.

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 (Luōmǔní) Georgian: რომნი (romni) Japanese: ロムニー (Romunī) Marathi: रॉम्नी (rŏmnī) Persian: رومنی‎ (romni), رامنی‎ (râmni) Russian: Ро́мни (ru) (Rómni) Ukrainian: Ро́мні (Rómni)

See also

• New Romney

References

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