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Romney

//ˈɹɑːmni// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Randolph Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Eastland County, Texas.
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, named after Romney in Kent.
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  1. 6
    An English earldom.
Noun
  1. 1
    One of a particular English breed of small sheep with long wool and horns.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of rumney. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a name of a village in Kent (see Old Romney), from a compound of Latin rumen (“gullet”) and Old English ēa (“river”).

Etymology 2

From a name of a village in Kent (see Old Romney), from a compound of Latin rumen (“gullet”) and Old English ēa (“river”).

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