Rum
proper nounproper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
An eyalet in the Ottoman Empire.
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Variant of RomearchaicAlternative form of Rome: Rome (a major city in Italy).
Etymology
From Middle English and Old English, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu, from Proto-Germanic *Rūmō under influence from Late Latin Rōma (“Rome; Constantinople; Roman Empire”), from Latin Rōma (“Rome”).
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historicalAn eyalet in the Ottoman Empire.
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historicalA former polity in Anatolia, a Seljuk sultanate.
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archaicSynonym of Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire in historical Turkish contexts.
Etymology
From Seljuk Old Anatolian Turkish and Ottoman Turkish روم (Rum, “Rome; Byzantine Empire; central Anatolia”), from Arabic رُوم (Rūm, “Rome; Byzantine Empire”), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (Hrom), from Byzantine Greek Ῥωμανία (Rhōmanía, “Byzantine Empire”), from Latin Romani (“Romans”), from Roma (“Rome”). Doublet of Roma and Rome.
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Variant of RùmAlternative form of Rùm, an island of the Inner Hebrides, Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Rum · An eyalet in the Ottoman Empire.
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