Romani

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Romani may refer to:

Ethnicities

• Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
• Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Romani people
• Romani society and culture
• Romani cuisine
• Romanichal, in the British Isles

Nationalities

• The Latin term for the ancient Romans, see Roman citizenship
• The Italian term for inhabitants of Rome
• Români, the Romanian term for Romanians (citizens of Romania), sometimes written Romani without the a-circumflex, which leads to confusion with the unrelated ethnic group, the Romani people

Places

• Castelli Romani, a group of communes in the province of Rome, Italy

Names

• A surname:
  • Felice Romani (1788–1865), Italian poet, scholar of literature and mythology, and opera librettist, especially for operas by Vincenzo Bellini
  • Girolamo Romani or Romanino (c. 1485 – c. 1566), Italian painter
  • Paolo Romani (born 1947), Italian politician
• A given name:
  • Romani Rose (born 1946), the Chair of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma
• A soubriquet:
  • Romani (adventurer) (fl. 1682–1714), involved in the Affair of the Poisons
• In popular culture:
  • Romani, a character in the video game The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Other uses

• Ludi Romani, a religious festival in ancient Rome
• Romani (grape), another name for the Italian wine grape Trebbiano

See also

• Romani ite domum
• Names of the Romani people
• Roma (disambiguation)
• Rom (disambiguation)