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# roma

«roma» in Mova's school dictionary: **a people who have lived in Europe for about a thousand…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (the Roma, Roma; a Rom, Roma — plural); proper noun (Roma — a name); noun (a roma tomato)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The Roma are a people who have lived in Europe for about a thousand years; their ancestors came from northern India and many have travelled and kept their own language, Romani. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roma/#m1)

2) (a name) Roma is the Italian name for Rome, the capital of Italy; also the name of the football club AS Roma. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roma/#m2)

3) A roma (plum) tomato is a long, egg-shaped tomato good for sauces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roma/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history and citizenship lessons, the Roma are taught as Europe's largest minority people, who have faced much unfair treatment, including being murdered in the Holocaust. The word "Gypsy" is used by some but can be hurtful; "Roma" or "Romani" is respectful. In everyday life and cooking, roma tomatoes are common in shops. Phrases: Roma people, Roma community, Roma culture, AS Roma.

### examples

- The Roma have their own language called Romani. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roma/#x1)
- Many Roma families live in Romania and Hungary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roma/#x2)
- In history, we learned that Roma people were persecuted in the Holocaust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roma/#x3)
- In Italy, Rome is called Roma. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roma/#x4)
- AS Roma is a football team from Rome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roma/#x5)
- Mum chopped roma tomatoes for the pasta sauce. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roma/#x6)

### note

Use a capital R for the people and the city. Not connected to Romania, though the names look alike. "Gypsy" can be offensive; prefer Roma or Romani. In shops "roma tomato" is often written with a small r.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «roma» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roma/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.