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  2. Names of the Romani people - Wikipedia

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    In the English language (according to the Oxford English Dictionary), Rom is a noun (with the plural Roma or Roms) and an adjective, while Romani is also a noun (with the plural Romanies) and an adjective. Both Rom and Romani have been in use in English since the 19th century as an alternative for Gypsy. Romani is also spelled Romany, or ...

  3. Roman naming conventions - Wikipedia

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    Just as men's praenomina, women's names were regularly abbreviated instead of being written in full. [4] [10] (A list of women's praenomina can be found at praenomen.) For a variety of reasons, women's praenomina became neglected over the course of Roman history, and by the end of the Republic, most women did not have or did not use praenomina.

  4. Naming conventions for women in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Among the elite, names such as Pomponia Graecina became common. In still later generations, women's names bore little or no resemblance to their father's familial names. For example, in the Flavian dynasty, Titus's daughter was not Flavia. In the Severan dynasty, most women bore the first name of Julia, even if it was not the family's ...

  5. Romani people - Wikipedia

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    Romani women generally have long hair, and Xoraxane Romani women often dye it blonde with henna. [ 268 ] Romani social behavior has traditionally been regulated by Indian social customs [ 269 ] (" marime " or "marhime") which are still respected by most Roma (and by most older generations of Sinti ).

  6. Romanian name - Wikipedia

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    The name reform introduced around 1850 had the names changed to a western style consisting of a given name followed by a family name (surname). As such, the name is called prenume, while the family name is called nume or, when otherwise ambiguous, nume de familie ("family name"). Middle names (second given names) are also fairly common.

  7. Category:Romanian feminine given names - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Romanian feminine given names" The following 145 pages are in this category, out of 145 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  8. L.A. County gas station signs banned Romani women ... - AOL

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    Romani activist Florian Tacorian also posted about the gas station signs on his popular TikTok account, reaching more than 160,000 viewers. Their posts spread quickly on social media. Their posts ...

  9. Name of Romania - Wikipedia

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    A common Romanian area called The Romanian Land and embracing Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania is mentioned by the chronicler Miron Costin in the 17th century. [24] In the first half of the 18th century the erudite prince Dimitrie Cantemir systematically used the name Țara Românească for designating all three Principalities inhabited by ...