Rum

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

Adj

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

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: روم

In summary

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.

Concepts

Greek

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Asia Minor

Synonyms

Yunan

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Yunanlı

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Anadolu

Küçük Asya

Yunanistanlı

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Translations

Grieche

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grec

hel·lè

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Graecus

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griego

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grego

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Griechin

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grec

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grèc

greco

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Anatolien

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Έλληνας

Ελληνίδα

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