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romana — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • columbian adj Of or pertaining to Christopher Columbus, an explorer who introduced greatly widened contacts between Eurasia and the Americas, or his life or time.
  • roman adj Relating to the city of Rome or the ancient Roman Empire.
  • scales noun A device with two pans used to measure and compare weight.

Senses

romana is used for these senses in English:

  • Columbian (uncountable, US, _, printing, dated) A size of type between English and great primer, standardized as 16-point.
  • Romagna A historic region in northern Italy that formed part of modern Emilia-Romagna.
  • Roman A native or resident of Rome.
  • scales A device for measuring weight.
  • steelyard A transportable balance with unequal arm lengths.

columbian — full definition

  1. adj Of or pertaining to Christopher Columbus, an explorer who introduced greatly widened contacts between Eurasia and the Americas, or his life or time.
  2. adj Of or from any of the places called Columbia.
  3. adj American, from the United States of America.

roman — full definition

  1. adj Relating to the city of Rome or the ancient Roman Empire.
  2. adj Describing upright, non-slanted print type, as opposed to italic.
  3. noun A native or resident of Rome.

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