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in reply to a message by AlexandraRose
1) Roman's Russian nickname
2) Rum (In Russian rom, in Finnish rommi)
3) Nickname for Rosemary, used by A.A. Milne.
4) Rome. In Finnish Rooma.
5) Famous Russian humourist Arkady Raikin's wife was named Ruf, but she got called Roma
To me, it is kind of weird you call Roma people "Roma" and not "Romanians" as for example Finns do (Romanialaiset). I know that in Russian "Roma people" means about 80 different ethnic groups - one of the biggest is roma, pronounced raw-MAH.
Ok, all the associations are nice, and so is the name. I've thought about adding it to my PNL + I've been lately into Rom-names.
A few combos:
Roma Xanthippe
Roma Viorica
Roma Océane
Roma Penelope
Roma Sylvia
Roma Lenore
Roma Evelina
Roma Winifred
Roma Cecily
Roma Clarissa
Roma Frederica
2) Rum (In Russian rom, in Finnish rommi)
3) Nickname for Rosemary, used by A.A. Milne.
4) Rome. In Finnish Rooma.
5) Famous Russian humourist Arkady Raikin's wife was named Ruf, but she got called Roma
To me, it is kind of weird you call Roma people "Roma" and not "Romanians" as for example Finns do (Romanialaiset). I know that in Russian "Roma people" means about 80 different ethnic groups - one of the biggest is roma, pronounced raw-MAH.
Ok, all the associations are nice, and so is the name. I've thought about adding it to my PNL + I've been lately into Rom-names.
A few combos:
Roma Xanthippe
Roma Viorica
Roma Océane
Roma Penelope
Roma Sylvia
Roma Lenore
Roma Evelina
Roma Winifred
Roma Cecily
Roma Clarissa
Roma Frederica
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Romanians (in Finnish romanialaiset) are people from Romania.
Roma (in Finnish romanit) are ethnic groups originally from India who now live in many differents parts of the world. They are also called Gypsies (in Finnish mustalaiset).
There are Roma people in Romania but the two are not the same.
Roma (in Finnish romanit) are ethnic groups originally from India who now live in many differents parts of the world. They are also called Gypsies (in Finnish mustalaiset).
There are Roma people in Romania but the two are not the same.
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Grr, of course you're right!
This is not the first time I mix the words romanialainen and romani. Honestly, I'd prefer using mustalainen just to avoid all the misunderstandings. You can call me ignorant, but I think that would make life easier for everyone. :P
Actually my point was that I've heard the word "roma" used mostly for one of the Romani ethnic groups. (Romanies are not one ethnic group, they're people from about 80 different ethnic groups). As far as I've understood "Roma" is one of the biggest ethnic gropus, where belong a few "smaller" subgroups, like Lovari or Kalderash. Another "big" ethnic group that can be referred to Roma is Sinti. That's the reason I found it weird that English speakers use the word "Roma" for all the ethnic groups. Bla bla bla. I hope you got me. :)
This is not the first time I mix the words romanialainen and romani. Honestly, I'd prefer using mustalainen just to avoid all the misunderstandings. You can call me ignorant, but I think that would make life easier for everyone. :P
Actually my point was that I've heard the word "roma" used mostly for one of the Romani ethnic groups. (Romanies are not one ethnic group, they're people from about 80 different ethnic groups). As far as I've understood "Roma" is one of the biggest ethnic gropus, where belong a few "smaller" subgroups, like Lovari or Kalderash. Another "big" ethnic group that can be referred to Roma is Sinti. That's the reason I found it weird that English speakers use the word "Roma" for all the ethnic groups. Bla bla bla. I hope you got me. :)
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