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romanization

noun
/ˌɹəʊmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Etymology

From romanize + -ation.

  1. derived from Rōmānus
  2. derived from Romain
  3. suffixed as romanize — “Roman + ize”
  4. suffixed as romanization — “romanize + ation”

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Romanization.

  2. The act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet, by means such as…

    The act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet, by means such as transliteration and transcription.

  3. An instance (a string) of text transliterated or transcribed from another alphabet into…

    An instance (a string) of text transliterated or transcribed from another alphabet into the Latin alphabet.

    • 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.
    • Furthermore, certain places and people are already internationally well known by particular romanizations of their names, and these romanizations may not conform to any of the official systems detailed above.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for romanization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA