English Explanatory Dictionary

Romanoff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Russian.
  2. A dynasty that ruled the Russian Empire
  3. An aristocratic house that formed a ruling dynasty of Russia

Word forms

Romanoff Romanoffs Romanov

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Рома́нов (Románov). From Рома́н (Román), from Romance Roman, from Latin Roma (“Rome”), possibly from a name for river (referring to the Tiber).

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