rome
IPA: rˈoʊm
Root Word: Rome
noun
- A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; ancient capital of the Roman Empire; capital city of Italy; capital city of the region of Lazio.
- A metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy.
- (metonymically) The Italian government.
- Ancient Rome; the former Roman Empire; Roman civilization.
- The Holy See, the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church, particularly prior to the establishment of the Vatican City in the 19th century.
- The Church of Rome, the Roman Catholic Church generally.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama.
- A city, the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia.
- A census-designated place in Peoria County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Perry County, Indiana.
- A village in Henry County, Iowa.
- A ghost town in Ellis County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Daviess County, Kentucky.
- A town in Kennebec County, Maine.
- An unincorporated community in Sunflower County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Missouri.
- A city in Oneida County, New York.
- A village in Green Township, Adams County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Ohio.
- A ghost town in Morrow County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Richland County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon.
- A borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Smith County, Tennessee.
- A town and unincorporated community in Adams County, Wisconsin.
- A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
- A surname.
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Examples of "rome" in Sentences
- The two proceeded in amity to Rome.
- Rome is the obelisk capital of the world.
- He was the tutelary god of the city of Rome.
- The Aqua Appia was the first aqueduct of Rome.
- The misconception concerns the founding of Rome.
- The treatment of Rome is particularly deplorable.
- The church is reminiscent of the Pantheon in Rome.
- In the West, the power of the Bishop of Rome expanded.
- He describes it as the Rome of the Hindus of the Orient.
- Aloysius was buried in the Church of the Annunciation in Rome.