Romney

See also: romney

English

Etymology

From a name of a village in Kent (see Old Romney), a compound of an unknown first element rumen and Old English ēa (river).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒmni/, /ˈɹʌmnɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑːmni/

Proper noun

Romney

  1. A surname.
  2. A city in West Virginia, USA, named after Romney in Kent; it is the county seat of Hampshire County.
  3. An English earldom.

Noun

Romney (plural Romneys)

  1. One of a particular English breed of small sheep with long wool and horns.

Translations

References

  • Hanks, Patrick (2003), Romney”, in Patrick Hanks, editor, Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press
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