Pronunciation Proper noun
- A city on the Tiber on the Italian ; ancient capital.
- circa 1599 William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar, I ii 157:
- 1866 December 8, 'Filius Ecclesiæ', Notes & Queries, "Rome:Room", 456 1:
- Within the last thirty weeks I have heard the word Rome pronounced Room by several old-fashioned people in the north of Ireland, some of my own relations among the number. On remonstrating with one of these, she said, "It was always Room when I was at school (say about 1830), and I am too old to change it now."
- Ancient Rome; the former Roman Empire; Roman civilization.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, I i 82:
- 1711, Alexander Pope, "An Essay on Criticism", 39:
- Learning and Rome alike in Empire grew,
And Arts still follow'd where her Eagles flew;
From the same Foes [viz., Tyranny and Superstition], at last, both felt their Doom,
And the same Age saw Learning fall, and Rome.
- Learning and Rome alike in Empire grew,
- 1820, Lord Byron, Marino Faliero, V i:
- A wife's dishonour unking'd Rome for ever.
- 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 metropolitan city in Lazio, Italy.
- Surname
- (archaic) Romeburg, Romeburgh, Romeland, Romelede, Romethede, Rome town
- (dated) Rome city
- Istanbul, Constantinople (new Rome)
- Moscow (third Rome, new Rome)
- Italian: impero romano, Roma
- Portuguese: Roma
- Russian: Рим
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