English Explanatory Dictionary

Romuva

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A neopagan religion from Lithuania that practices reconstructions of the ancient Baltic polytheistic religion.

Word forms

Romuva

Etymology

From Lithuanian Romuva, a Baltic pagan temple known in mediaeval records as Romowe. The term Romuva means sanctuary or abode of inner peace, from the Baltic root ram-/rām- (peaceful, quiet), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-.

Related words

Dievturiba Latvian neopaganism Asatru Norse Germanic neopaganism Rodnovery Slavic neopaganism
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