English Explanatory Dictionary

Romney

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A place in the United States:
  3. An unincorporated community in Randolph Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
  4. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
  5. An unincorporated community in Eastland County, Texas.
  6. A city, the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, named after Romney in Kent.
  7. An English earldom.
noun
  1. One of a particular English breed of small sheep with long wool and horns.
noun
  1. Alternative form of rumney.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɒmni/ /ˈɹʌmnɪ/ /ˈɹɑːmni/

Word forms

Romney Rumney Romneys

Etymology

From a name of a village in Kent (see Old Romney), from a compound of Latin rumen (“gullet”) and Old English ēa (“river”).

Derived words

New Romney Romnesia Romney hut Romney Marsh
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