Rum

Significado

Name

1. A Greek person living in Muslim countries, especially in Turkey (now chiefly in Istanbul, Izmir, Thrace and Pontus) and Cyprus.
2. (dated) Any Greek person
3. (historical) Byzantine, a native of Byzantine Empire
4. (archaic,historical) The former lands of the Byzantine Empire, particularly central Anatolia

Adj

Turco-Greek, of or related to the Rumlar, ethnic Greeks living in Turkey and Cyprus

Etimología

From Ottoman Turkish روم (Rum, “Rome; Byzantine Empire; central Anatolia”), from Seljuk Old Anatolian Turkish and Arabic رُوم (Rūm, “Rome; Byzantine Empire”), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (Hrom), from Byzantine Greek Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē, “Rome”) and Ῥωμανία (Rhōmanía, “Byzantine Empire”), from Latin Romani (“Romans”), from Roma (“Rome”) of uncertain origin. Doublet of Roma.

Oraciones

İsmine karşın yirminci yüzyılın başlarında Rum Ortodoks yerleşimiydi.

A pesar de su nombre, era el asentamiento ortodoxo griego a principios del siglo XX.