Rum
An eyalet in the Ottoman EmpireAn eyalet in the Ottoman Empire.
» Tom likes rum.
Tom liebt Rum. — wolfgangth
Том любит ром. — marafon
Том любить ром. — deniko
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3 senses(historical)An eyalet in the Ottoman Empire.
(historical)A former polity in Anatolia, a Seljuk sultanate.
(archaic)Synonym of Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire in historical Turkish contexts.
Examples
47 sentencesTom likes rum.
Том любить ром. — deniko
ruТом любит ром. — marafon
deTom liebt Rum. — wolfgangth
Tom took a swig of rum.
My favorite alcoholic drink is rum.
I had three shots of rum.
Have you been drinking my rum?
Origin
From Seljuk Old Anatolian Turkish and Ottoman Turkish روم (Rum, “Rome; Byzantine Empire; cFrom Seljuk Old Anatolian Turkish and Ottoman Turkish روم (Rum, “Rome; Byzantine Empire; central Anatolia”), from Arabic رُوم (Rūm, “Rome; Byzantine Empire”), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (Hrom), from Byzantine Greek Ῥωμανία (Rhōmanía, “Byzantine Empire”), from Latin Romani (“Romans”), from Roma (“Rome”). Doublet of Roma and Rome.
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