Romanization

//ˌɹəʊmənaɪˈzeɪʃən// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of Romanization. alt-of, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    The act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet, by means such as transliteration and transcription. uncountable, usually
  3. 3
    An instance (a string) of text transliterated or transcribed from another alphabet into the Latin alphabet. countable

    "As an alternate name for Sakyamuni, Kircher gave "Omyto", which is a romanization of A-mi-to-fu, whom Kircher stated was commonly called "Amida", i.e., the Japanese pronunciation."

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"Nicolas means that romanization of the Cyrillic alphabet is as beautiful as the sun, which burns your eyes when you look at it."

Etymology

From romanize + -ation.

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