Rum

Meaning

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

Etymology

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.

Sentences

İsmine karşın yirminci yüzyılın başlarında Rum Ortodoks yerleşimiydi.

Despite its name, it was a Greek Orthodox settlement in the early twentieth century.