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Meaning of ROUMANIAN

Pronunciation:  rû'meyneeun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  of or relating to or characteristic of the country of Romania or its people or languages; "Romanian folk music"
 
 Synonyms: Romanian, Rumanian
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Rou*ma"ni*an\, a. [Written also {Rumanian}.] [From
    Roumania, the name of the country, Roumanian Rom[^a]nia, fr.
    Rom[^a]n Roumanian, L. Romanus Roman.]
    Of or pertaining to Roumania.
    
  2. \Rou*ma"ni*an\, n.
    An inhabitant of Roumania; also, the language of Roumania,
    one of the Romance or Romanic languages descended from Latin,
    but containing many words from other languages, as Slavic,
    Turkish, and Greek.
    
 

 

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