Rum

An eyalet in the Ottoman Empire.

Proper noun historical

  1. An eyalet in the Ottoman Empire.
  2. A former polity in Anatolia, a Seljuk sultanate.
  3. Synonym of Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire in historical Turkish contexts.

    Synonyms: Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire in historical Turkish contexts

Origin

From Seljuk Old Anatolian Turkish and Ottoman Turkish روم (Rum, “Rome; Byzantine Empire; central Anatolia”), from Arabic رُوم (Rūm, “Rome; Byzantine Empire”), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (Hrom), from Byzantine Greek Ῥωμανία (Rhōmanía, “Byzantine Empire”), from Latin Romani (“Romans”), from Roma (“Rome”). Doublet of Roma and Rome.

Forms

Rûm

Synonyms

Sivas

Proper noun alt of, alternative

  1. Alternative form of Rome: Rome (a major city in Italy).

Origin

From Middle English and Old English, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu, from Proto-Germanic *Rūmō under influence from Late Latin Rōma (“Rome; Constantinople; Roman Empire”), from Latin Rōma (“Rome”).

Proper noun alt of, alternative

  1. Alternative form of Rùm, an island of the Inner Hebrides, Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom.