Romanization

Noun

1. The act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet, by means such as transliteration and transcription.
2. 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. - 1989, David E. Mungello, Curious...
   • 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. - 2005,...