Roma Explained

Roma or ROMA may refer to:

People, characters, figures, names

• Roma or Romani people, an ethnic group living mostly in Europe and the Americas.
• Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun
• Roma (footballer, born 1979), born Paulo Marcel Pereira Merabet, Brazilian football forward
• Roma (footballer, born 1985), born Juliano Laurentino dos Santos, Brazilian football winger
• Sister Roma or Michael Williams (born 1962), American drag performer and director
• Roma (personification), goddess in ancient Rome

Names

• Roma (given name), a female given name
• Roma (surname), a surname (and list of people with the name)
• Roman (given name), or Roma, a male given name
• Roman (surname), a surname (and list of people with the name)

Places

• 472 Roma, the asteroid "Roma", the 472nd asteroid registered, a main belt asteroid

Australia

• Roma, Queensland, a town
  • Roma Airport
  • Roma Courthouse
  • Electoral district of Roma, defunct
  • Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
• Roma Street, Brisbane, a street in Queensland
  • Roma Street busway station
  • Roma Street Parkland, park in Brisbane, Queensland
  • Roma Street railway station, a station in Brisbane, Queensland

Brazil

• Mata Roma, a municipality in the state of Maranhão
• Roma Negra, a nickname of the city of Salvador, Bahia

Italy

• Rome or Roma, the capital of Italy
  • A.S. Roma, one of the football clubs of Rome
  • Roma Tre University (founded in 1992)
  • Esposizione Universale Roma or EUR, a residential and business district
• Ancient Rome or Roma

Lesotho

• Roma, Lesotho, in the Maseru District

Mexico

• Colonia Roma, a neighbourhood in Mexico City

Peru

• Roma, Peru, a town in La Libertad Region

Portugal

• Roma (Lisbon Metro), a Green Line station on Avenida de Roma

Romania

• Roma, Botoșani, a commune

Spain

• La Roma, a fossil site in Aragon
• Roma (Requena), a village in Valencia

Sweden

• Roma, Gotland, a town

United States

• Roma, Texas, a town
  • Roma Independent School District

Film and television

• Roma (1972 film), an Italian film by Federico Fellini
• Roma (2004 film), an Argentinian film by Adolfo Aristarain
• Roma (2018 film), a Mexican film by Alfonso Cuarón
• Roma (Don character), a fictional character in the Don film series

Literature

• Roma (novel), a 2007 novel by Steven Saylor about Ancient Rome
• Roma (comics), a Marvel comics character

Music

• Roma (band), an American glam rock band
• Roma Symphony (Bizet), a 19th-century symphony by Georges Bizet
• Roma (opera), a 1912 opera by Jules Massenet
• Roma, a 1991 album by Terry Ronald
• "Roma" (Cameron Cartio song), 2005
• "Roma" (Luis Fonsi and Laura Pausini song), 2024

Companies

• Roma Revolving Restaurant, in Durban, South Africa
• ROMA Design Group, a San Francisco-based interdisciplinary design firm
• Tony Roma's, an American chain restaurant

Political organizations

• Party of the Roma, a political party in Romania
• Roma Democratic Social Party, a political party in the Czech Republic
• Roma Party, a political party in Serbia

Transportation

• Roma (airship), a US army airship (Italian ex-T34) which crashed on February 21, 1922
• Italian ironclad Roma, an armoured steam frigate commissioned in 1865
• Italian battleship Roma (1907), a predreadnought battleship of the Regina Elena class
• Italian battleship Roma (1940), a battleship of the Vittorio Veneto class
• SS Roma (1926)
• MV Doulos or SS Roma
• Ferrari Roma, grand touring sports car manufactured by Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari

Sports

Sports teams

• A.S. Roma, a football team in Rome, Italy
  • A.S. Roma (Superleague Formula team), auto racing team associated with above
  • A.S. Roma Futsal, futsal team associated with above
  • AS Roma (women), women's division of the team
• Dallas Roma F.C., a soccer team in Dallas, Texas, United States
• M. Roma Volley, a volleyball team in Rome, Italy
• Roma Esporte Apucarana, a football team in Apucarana, Paraná, Brazil
• Roma S.C., a defunct soccer team in Paterson, New Jersey, United States
• Roma United, a football club in the Cayman Islands
• Rugby Roma Olimpic, a rugby team in Rome, Italy

Sporting events

• Premio Roma, a horse race in Rome, Italy
• Roma Cup, a horse race in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Roma Golf Open, a golf tournament in Rome, Italy
• Roma Masters, a defunct golf tournament in Rome, Italy
• Roma Open, a tennis tournament in Rome, Italy

Other uses

• ROMA or Representational Oligonucleotide Microarray Analysis, a genomics technology
• Roma rice, an Italian cultivated variety of rice particularly suitable for risotto
• Roma tomato, a plum tomato commonly found in supermarkets

See also

• • • Romas (disambiguation)
• Nova Roma (disambiguation)
• Rome (disambiguation)
• Romaic
• Romanus (disambiguation)
  • Aromanians
  • Romagna
    • Romagnol language
  • Romain (disambiguation)
  • Romaine (disambiguation)
  • Roman (disambiguation)
    • Romanesco (disambiguation)
    • Romanesque (disambiguation)
  • Romana (disambiguation)
  • Romand
    • Romandy
  • Romania (disambiguation)
    • Romanian (disambiguation)
  • Romanicus
    • Romance (disambiguation)
    • Romanza (disambiguation)
    • Romance languages (Romanic)
  • Romanization (disambiguation)
  • Romano (disambiguation)
  • Romansh language
• Rûm
  • Rumelia