Roma
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Italy
  • Rome
    Rome
    Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

    , the capital of Italy, is called Roma in Italian and some other languages
  • Roma Tre University, a university located in Rome, Italy, and founded in 1992
  • Esposizione Universale Roma
    Esposizione Universale Roma
    EUR is a residential and business district in Rome, Italy, located south of the city center. The area was originally chosen in 1930s as the site for the 1942 world's fair which Benito Mussolini planned to open to celebrate twenty years of Fascism. EUR was also designed to direct the expansion of...

    , a large complex, now a quarter and business centre, in Rome, Italy


Australia
  • Roma, Queensland
    Roma, Queensland
    Roma is a town in the western Darling Downs area of Queensland, Australia, by rail WNW of Brisbane. It is situated at the junction of the Warrego and Carnarvon highways...

    , a town in Australia
  • Roma Street Parkland
    Roma Street Parkland
    Roma Street Parkland covers 16 hectares in the centre of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Roma Street Parkland is adjacent to Brisbane Transit Centre and the Roma Street Station...

    , covers 16 hectares in the centre of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  • Roma Street railway station, a station close to the parklands.
  • Roma Airport
    Roma Airport
    Roma Airport is an airport in Roma, Queensland, Australia. The airport is 3.8 km from the center of the town.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:*...

    , an airport in Roma, Queensland, Australia. The airport is 7 km from the center of the town
  • Roma Courthouse
    Roma Courthouse
    Roma Courthouse is located at 141 McDowall Street, Roma in Queensland, Australia. Constructed in 1901, the heritage-listed courthouse is a rendered masonry building, which is still in use today...

    , located at 141 McDowall Street, Roma in Queensland, Australia


Romania
  • Roma, Botoşani
    Roma, Botosani
    Roma is a commune in Botoşani County, Romania. It is composed of two villages: Cotârgaci and Roma....

    , a town in Romania


Sweden
  • Roma, Sweden
    Roma, Sweden
    Roma is a locality situated in Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, Sweden with 253 inhabitants in 2005.In 1995 the locality known as Roma was divided by Statistics Sweden into a part with the tentative name of "Roma kyrkby" and the remaining part that was given the name "Romakloster"...

    , a town in Sweden


United States
  • Roma, Texas
    Roma, Texas
    Roma is a city in Starr County, Texas, United States. The population was 9,765 at the 2010 census. The city is located along the Rio Grande, across from Ciudad Miguel Alemán in Tamaulipas, Mexico....

    , a town in the United States


Other countries
  • Roma, Lesotho
    Roma, Lesotho
    Roma is a settlement under the Manonyane Community Council in the Maseru District of Lesotho, some 34 kilometers southeast of Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. The Roma valley is broad and fertile, and is surrounded by sandstone cliffs topped to the East by basalt mountains which provide magnificent...

    , a town where the National University of Lesotho is situated
  • Colonia Roma
    Colonia Roma
    Colonia Roma is a colonia or neighborhood located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City just west of the city’s historic center. The area was a very shallow part of Lake Texcoco, dotted with tiny islands and one small island village of Aztacalco during the pre-Hispanic period...

    , a neighbourhood in Mexico City
  • Mata Roma
    Mata Roma
    Mata Roma is a town and municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.-References:...

    , a town and municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil

Roman Empire

  • Roma (mythology)
    Roma (mythology)
    In traditional Roman religion, Roma was a female deity who personifed the city of Rome and more broadly, the Roman state. Her image appears on the base of the column of Antoninus Pius.-Problems in earliest attestation:...

    , Roman deity
  • Roma, term for Ancient Rome
    Ancient Rome
    Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....

    , a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC

Ethnic groups

  • Roma people
    Roma people
    The Romani, who are known collectively in the Romani language as Romane or Rromane and also as Romany, Romanies, Romanis, Roma or Roms, are an ethnic group living mostly in Europe, who trace their origins to the Indian Subcontinent...

    , several uses
  • Romani people (also known as Gypsies), an ethnic group living mostly in Europe, who trace their origins to medieval India
  • Roma (Romani subgroup), a subgroup of the Romani people
  • Muslim Roma
    Muslim Roma
    Muslim Roma or Muslim Gypsies are Romani people who adopted Islam. Romanies have usually adopted the predominant religion of the host country. Islam among Romanies is historically associated with life of Romanies within the Ottoman Empire...

    , Romani people who adopted Islam
  • Ruska Roma
    Ruska Roma
    The Ruska Roma , also known as Russian Gypsies , are a subgroup of Romani people, the biggest Romani group of Russia. Initially were known as Xaladitka Roma...

    , also known as Russian Gypsies (Russian: Русские цыгане), are a subgroup of Romani people, the biggest Romani group of Russia
  • Roma Party
    Roma Party
    Roma Party is a political party in Serbia. It is an ethnic minority party of Roma people.Party president is Šajn Srđan. The party took part in the Serbian parliamentary election, 2007 as an independent list. It won one seat....

    , a political party in Serbia. It is an ethnic minority party of Roma people

People

  • Roma (given name), a female given name
  • Roma (actress)
    Roma (actress)
    Roma Asrani is an Indian model-turned-actress who works mainly in Malayalam-language films. She made her début in the Telugu film Mr. Errababu in 2005. She has acted in Tamil and Kannada films too.- Family :...

     (born 1984), South Indian film actress
  • Roma Maffia
    Roma Maffia
    Roma Maffia is an American actress.Maffia was born in Manhattan, New York of West Indian, English and German descent; her Italian surname derives from her stepfather....

     (born 1958), American actress
  • Sister Roma
    Sister Roma
    Sister Roma is the stage name of Michael Williams , an American drag queen and art director of gay pornography. She is a twenty-year member of San Francisco's Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc.-Career:...

    , American drag performer
  • Roma called Roy
    Roma called Roy
    Roma called Roy was High Priest of Amun at the end of the reign of Ramesses II and continued into the reigns of Merenptah and likely Seti II. Roma served as third and second priest of Amun and finally as first prophet of Amun...

    , ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun
  • Lisa Roma
    Lisa Roma
    Lisa Roma was an American soprano who toured in the United States with composer Maurice Ravel in 1928. She was chair of grand opera in the College of Music at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles beginning in 1930...

     (1893–1965), American soprano
  • David Roma
    David Roma
    -Biography:David Roma is an American television producer, filmmaker and entrepreneur, born in New York City in 1974. The son of 1950s and 60s Capitol Records recording artist Frank Roma and grandson of a classical pianist, David spent his early years until the age of 21 developing a career as a...

    , American television producer, filmmaker and entrepreneur, born in New York City in 1974
  • Roma Mitchell
    Roma Mitchell
    Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell, AC, DBE, CVO, QC was an Australian lawyer, judge and state governor. Mitchell was the first Australian woman to be a judge, a Queen's Counsel, a chancellor of an Australian university and the Governor of an Australian state.Roma Mitchell was born in Adelaide in 1913,...

     (1913–2000), Australian lawyer, judge and state governor
  • Roma Ligocka
    Roma Ligocka
    Roma Ligocka is a Polish costume designer, writer, and painter.She was born in a Jewish family in Kraków a few years before World War II. During the German occupation of Poland her family was persecuted by the Nazis - her father was incarcerated, first in the Płaszów and then Auschwitz...

     (born 1938), Polish costume designer, writer, and painter
  • Roma Downey
    Roma Downey
    Roma Downey is an actress, singer, and producer, from Derry, Northern Ireland. She is best known as Tess's angel/employee, Monica, the main character of the TV series Touched by an Angel. She is also the wife of television producer, Mark Burnett.-Early life:Downey was born and raised in Derry...

     (born 1960), Irish actress, singer, and producer, best known as Monica, the main character of the TV series Touched by an Angel. Downey is also known as the wife of reality television show producer, Mark Burnett
  • Roma Baran
    Roma Baran
    Roma Baran is a Canadian record producer, best known for her work with Laurie Anderson, Rosalie Sorrels, Annabelle Chvostek and Kate & Anna McGarrigle. Much of her production work is done as a duo with partner Vivian Stoll....

    , Canadian-American record producer
  • Roma Ryan
    Roma Ryan
    Roma Shane Ryan is an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist, currently living in Artane, Ireland, with her husband Nicky....

    , Irish writer, poet, and lyricist
  • Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky
    Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky
    Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky was an internationally recognized dancer and choreographer, who instructed thousands of students in the art of ballet and Ukrainian dance.-Education:...

     (1927–2004), dancer and choreographer
  • Roma Waterman, Australian female Christian pop singer, signed to First Company Publishing
  • Roma, short for Roman (name)
    Roman (name)
    Roman is a male first name. It has distant origins dating back to the Roman Empire and the Latin language.It comes from the Latin word "romanus", which means "of Rome". In this initial sense, the title "Roman" means "a citizen of the Roman Empire", a man of Roman culture, Latin or Greek...

    , a male given name

Football, rugby, and soccer

  • A.S. Roma
    A.S. Roma
    Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

    , an Italian football team
  • Roma Esporte Apucarana
    Roma Esporte Apucarana
    Roma Esporte de Apucarana, usually known simply as Roma, is a Brazilian football team from the city of Apucarana, Paraná state, founded on December 14, 2000.-History:...

    , a Brazilian football team
  • S.S. Alba-Audace Roma
    S.S. Alba-Audace Roma
    Società Sportiva Alba-Audace was an Italian football club from the Flaminio area of Rome, originally founded in 1907. The club is most noted for competing in the early Italian Football Championship competitions, before becoming one of three Rome based clubs merging to form AS Roma in...

    , an Italian football club from the Flaminio area of Rome, originally founded in 1907
  • Tashina Roma
    Tashina Roma
    Tashina Roma is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Queensland Roar.Roma was 2008 Brisbane Women's Premier League Player of the Year.-Honours:...

     (born 1986), Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Queensland Roar
  • Roma United
    Roma United
    Roma United Sports Club is a Cayman Islander football club based in George Town, which currently plays in Cayman Islands's premier league. It was formed in 2002 after a merger between Roma International and Soweto.-Current roster:...

    , a Cayman Islander football club based in George Town, which currently play in Cayman Ialands's first division
  • Antonio Roma
    Antonio Roma
    Antonio Roma is a former Argentine football goalkeeper.Nicknamed Tarzan for the way of throwing himself for the ball, he started his professional career with Ferrocarril Oeste in 1955, where he played until 1959...

     (born 1932), Argentine footballer
  • Flavio Roma
    Flavio Roma
    Flavio Roma is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Milan.-Club career:Roma started his career in the youth teams of S.S. Lazio. He was the 3rd goalkeeper behind Luca Marchegiani and Fernando Orsi before leaving the club to play for clubs in Serie B and Serie C1...

     (born 1974), Italian footballer
  • Pedro Roma
    Pedro Roma
    Pedro Miguel da Mota Roma is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.Having played with Académica de Coimbra for over 15 years, he later worked with his main team as a goalkeepers' coach.-Football career:...

     (born 1970), Portuguese footballer
  • Roma, nickname for Juliano Laurentino dos Santos
    Juliano Laurentino dos Santos
    Juliano Laurentino dos Santos , commonly known as Roma is a Brazilian footballer.-External links:*...

     (born 1985), Brazilian footballer

Tennis

  • Roma Open, a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts
  • Sandra Roma
    Sandra Roma
    Sandra Roma is a tennis player from Sweden. She reached a career high ranking in juniors of 11 in September 2008. She along with Nikola Hofmanova reached the semi-final of 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Doubles....

     (born 1990), tennis player from Sweden. She reached a career high ranking in juniors of 11 in September 2008. She along with Nikola Hofmanova reached the semi-final of 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Doubles

Other sports

  • Pallacanestro Virtus Roma
    Pallacanestro Virtus Roma
    Pallacanestro Virtus Roma, also known for sponsorship reasons as Acea Virtus Roma, is a prominent Italian League professional basketball club, and is also currently one of 13 European clubs that hold ULEB A Licenses, which provide their holders with a guaranteed place in the Euroleague. The club...

    , an Italian basketball team
  • Premio Roma
    Premio Roma
    The Premio Roma is a Group 1 flat horse race in Italy which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Capannelle, Rome, over a distance 2,000 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in November....

    , a Group 1 flat horse race in Italy which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Capannelle, Rome, over a distance 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in November
  • Roma Masters
    Roma Masters
    The Roma Masters was a European Tour golf tournament which was played at Castelgandolfo, Rome, Italy in 1992 and 1993. In 1993 the prize fund was £303,544, which was below average for a European Tour event at that time.-Winners:*1993 Jean van de Velde...

    , a European Tour golf tournament which was played at Castelgandolfo, Rome, Italy in 1992 and 1993. In 1993 the prize fund was £303,544, which was below average for a European Tour event at that time
  • Nani Roma
    Nani Roma
    Nani Roma, full name Joan Roma Cararach, is a rally racing driver from Folgueroles, a small village in Barcelona, Spain. He won the Dakar Rally riding a motorcycle in 2004. Since then he has entered driving a car.-Honours:...

     (born 1972), Spanish rally car driver
  • Paul Roma
    Paul Roma
    Paul Roma is a professional wrestler who is known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling primarily as a tag-team wrestler alongside such partners as Jim Powers, Hercules, Arn Anderson and Paul Orndorff.-World Wrestling Federation :Paul Roma entered...

     (Paul Centopani, born 1960), professional wrestler

Theatre and films

  • Roma (2004 film)
    Roma (2004 film)
    Roma is an Argentine and Spanish film released in 2004 directed by Adolfo Aristarain. The picture stars Juan Diego Botto, Susú Pecoraro and José Sacristán.-Plot:...

    , Argentinian film directed by Adolfo Aristarain
  • Roma (1972 film)
    Roma (1972 film)
    Roma, also known as Fellini's Roma, is a 1972 semi-autobiographical, poetic film depicting director Federico Fellini's move from his native Rimini to Rome as a youth. It is formed by a series of loosely connected episodes. The plot is minimal, and the only character to develop significantly is...

    , Italian film directed by Federico Fellini
  • Roma, città aperta, Rome, Open City, 1945 Italian war drama film
  • Roma Bene
    Roma Bene
    Roma Bene is a 1971 Italian dramatic comedy film, starring Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Irene Papas and Senta Berger....

    , a 1971 Italian erotic comedy film, starring Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Irene Papas and Senta Berger
  • Mamma Roma
    Mamma Roma
    Mamma Roma is a 1962 film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.- Story :An ex-prostitute, Mamma Roma , tries to start a new life selling vegetables with her 16-year-old son Ettore...

    , a 1962 film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Books and fiction

  • Roma (2008 book)
    Roma (2008 book)
    Roma is a historical novel by American author Steven Saylor, published by St. Martin's Griffin in 2008. The story follows two ancient Roman families, the Potitii and Pinarii, as members of their generations experience some of Rome's greatest historical events. The epic style is similar to James...

    , book by Steven Saylor about Ancient Rome
  • Roma Eterna
    Roma Eterna
    Roma Eterna is a 2003 novel by Robert Silverberg which presents an alternate history in which the Roman Empire survives to the present day.-Plot introduction:...

    , a 2003 novel by Robert Silverberg which presents an alternate history in which the Roman Empire survives to the present day
  • Roma Sub Rosa
    Roma Sub Rosa
    Roma Sub Rosa is the title of the series of mystery novels by Steven Saylor set in, and populated by, noteworthy denizens of ancient Rome. The series is noted for its historical authenticity. The phrase "Roma Sub Rosa" means, in Latin, "Rome under the rose"...

    , the title of the series of mystery novels by Steven Saylor set in, and populated by noteworthy denizens of, Ancient Rome
  • Roma (comics)
    Roma (comics)
    Roma is a fictional character featured in numerous Marvel Comics titles. She is the daughter of Merlyn. Roma is the Omniversal Guardian, charged with the safety of the Omniverse...

    , a Marvel comics character
  • Love Roma
    Love Roma
    is a Japanese Romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Minoru Toyoda. It began serialization in 2003 Afternoon a Japanese manga magazine. The first bound volume was released in September 2003 in Japan; as of December 2005, the story concluded with five volumes released...

    , a Japanese Romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Minoru Toyoda
  • Gina Roma
    Gina Roma
    Gina Roma is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Actress Patty Weaver played the role from the fall of 1982 and was last seen in March 2009.-Character:...

    , a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Actress Patty Weaver played the role from the fall of 1982 and was last seen in March 2009

Music

  • Roma (album)
    Roma (album)
    Roma was the debut studio album by British singer and producer Terry Ronald released in 1991.-Track listing:#"Chains of Love"#"Calm the Rage"#"One More Dollar"#"Sweet Sounds of Love"#"Save Me From Myself"#"Live Forever"#"Red"...

    , 1991 album by Terry Ronald
  • "Roma" (song)
    Roma (song)
    "Roma" is a 2005 song by Swedish pop singer of Iranian origin Cameron Cartio. It is sung in a conlang, a special language created by Cameron Cartio himself...

    , 2005 song by Swedish-Iranian singer Cameron Cartio
  • Roma (opera)
    Roma (opera)
    Roma is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Cain based on the play Rome vaincue by Alexandre Parodi. It was first performed at the Opéra in Monte Carlo on February 17, 1912....

    , an opera by Jules Massenet
  • Roma Symphony (Bizet)
    Roma Symphony (Bizet)
    The Symphony in C "Roma" is the second of Georges Bizet's symphonies. Unlike his first symphony, also in C major, which was written quickly at the age of 17, Roma was written over an eleven-year span, between the ages of 22 and 33 . Bizet was never fully satisfied with it, subjecting it to a...

    , a symphony by Georges Bizet, named in reference to the city of Rome
  • Arrivederci Roma
    Arrivederci Roma
    "Arrivederci Roma" is the title and refrain of a popular Italian song, composed by Renato Rascel, with lyrics by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini. It was published in 1955 as part of the soundtrack of the Italo-American musical film with the same title, released as Seven Hills of Rome in...

    , a 1955 popular song

Transportation

  • Italian battleship Roma (disambiguation), three ships of that name
  • Roma (airship)
    Roma (airship)
    - References :NotesBibliography* Tampa Times, February 22, 1922. Page 1.* New York Times, February 22, 1922. Page 1....

    , a US army airship (Italian ex-T34) which crashed on February 21, 1922

Food and dining

  • Roma rice, an Italian cultivated variety of rice particularly suitable for risotto
  • Roma tomato
    Roma Tomato
    Roma tomato or Roma is a plum tomato which is commonly found in supermarkets. The tomato is a meaty, egg- or pear-shaped tomato that is available in red and yellow. It has few seeds and is a good canning and sauce tomato...

    , a plum tomato commonly found in supermarkets
  • Tony Roma's
    Tony Roma's
    Tony Roma's is a casual dining chain restaurant specializing in baby back ribs . The first location was established in 1972 in North Miami, Florida, by the founder, and today there are roughly 260 locations in 27 countries comprising 32 territories...

    , chain restaurant

Other uses

  • 472 Roma
    472 Roma
    472 Roma is an asteroid. It was discovered by Luigi Carnera on July 11, 1901. Its provisional name was 1901 GP. This asteroid was named by Antonio Abetti for the city of Rome in Italy, thenative country of its discoverer....

    , an asteroid
  • Roma Victor
    Roma Victor
    Roma Victor was a MMORPG based on the Roman Empire in Great Britain in the latter half of the 2nd century. Roma Victor was developed by RedBedlam Ltd. of Brighton and Hove, England...

    , a 2006 MMORPG based on the Roman Empire in Great Britain in the latter half of the 2nd Century AD. Roma Victor is developed by RedBedlam Ltd. of Brighton and Hove, England
  • Nova Roma
    Nova Roma
    Nova Roma is an international Roman revivalist and reconstructionist organization created in 1998 by Joseph Bloch and William Bradford, later incorporated in Maine as a non-profit organization with an educational and religious mission...

    , an international Roman revivalist movement created in 1998 (or MMDCCLI AUC by the Roman calendar) by Joseph Bloch and William Bradford, later incorporated in Maine as a non-profit organization with an educational and religious mission
  • ROMA
    Roma
    - Places :Italy* Rome, the capital of Italy, is called Roma in Italian and some other languages* Roma Tre University, a university located in Rome, Italy, and founded in 1992...

    , Representational Oligonucleotide Microarray Analysis, a genomics technology
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