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Roma may refer to:
[edit] Places
- Italy
- Rome, the capital of Italy, is called Roma in Italian and some other languages
- Roma Tre University, a university located in Rome, Italy, and founded in 1992
- Esposizione Universale Roma, a large complex, now a quarter and business centre, in Rome, Italy
- Australia
- Roma, Queensland, a town in Australia
- Roma Street Parkland, covers 16 hectares in the centre of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Roma Street railway station, a station close to the parklands.
- Roma Airport, an airport in Roma, Queensland, Australia. The airport is 7 km from the center of the town
- Roma Courthouse, located at 141 McDowall Street, Roma in Queensland, Australia
- Romania
- Sweden
- United States
- Other countries
- Roma, Lesotho, a town where the National University of Lesotho is situated
- Colonia Roma, a neighbourhood in Mexico City
- Mata Roma, a town and municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil
[edit] Roman Empire
- Roma (mythology), Roman deity
- Roma, term for Ancient Rome, a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC
[edit] Ethnic groups
- Roma people may refer to :
- Romani people, an ethnic group with origins in northern India who are widely dispersed with their largest concentrated populations in Europe, especially Central and Eastern Europe, with more recent diaspora populations in the Americas and, to a lesser extent, in North Africa and the Middle East.
- Roma (Romani subgroup), a subgroup of the Romani people who live primarily in Central and Eastern Europe.
- Muslim Roma, Romani people who adopted Islam
- Ruska Roma, also known as Russian Gypsies (Russian: Русские цыгане), are a subgroup of Romani people, the biggest Romani group of Russia
- Roma Party, a political party in Serbia. It is an ethnic minority party of Roma people
[edit] People
- Roma (given name), a female given name
- Roma (actress) (born 1984), South Indian film actress
- Roma Maffia (born 1958), American actress
- Sister Roma, American drag performer
- Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun
- Lisa Roma (1893–1965), American soprano
- David Roma, American television producer, filmmaker and entrepreneur, born in New York City in 1974
- Roma Mitchell (1913–2000), Australian lawyer, judge and state governor
- Roma Ligocka (born 1938), Polish costume designer, writer, and painter
- Roma Downey (born 1960), Irish actress, singer, and producer, best known as Monica, the main character of the TV series Touched by an Angel. Downey is also known as the wife of reality television show producer, Mark Burnett
- Roma Baran, Canadian-American record producer
- Roma Ryan, Irish writer, poet, and lyricist
- Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky (1927–2004), dancer and choreographer
- Roma Waterman, Australian female Christian pop singer, signed to First Company Publishing
- Roma, short for Roman (name), a male given name
[edit] Football, rugby, and soccer
- A.S. Roma, an Italian football team
- Roma Esporte Apucarana, a Brazilian football team
- S.S. Alba-Audace Roma, an Italian football club from the Flaminio area of Rome, originally founded in 1907
- Tashina Roma (born 1986), Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Queensland Roar
- Roma United, a Cayman Islander football club based in George Town, which currently play in Cayman Ialands's first division
- Antonio Roma (born 1932), Argentine footballer
- Flavio Roma (born 1974), Italian footballer
- Pedro Roma (born 1970), Portuguese footballer
- Roma, nickname for Juliano Laurentino dos Santos (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
[edit] Tennis
- Roma Open, a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts
- Sandra Roma (born 1990), tennis player from Sweden. She reached a career high ranking in juniors of 11 in September 2008. She along with Nikola Hofmanova reached the semi-final of 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Doubles
[edit] Other sports
- Pallacanestro Virtus Roma, an Italian basketball team
- Premio Roma, a Group 1 flat horse race in Italy which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Capannelle, Rome, over a distance 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in November
- Roma Masters, a European Tour golf tournament which was played at Castelgandolfo, Rome, Italy in 1992 and 1993. In 1993 the prize fund was £303,544, which was below average for a European Tour event at that time
- Nani Roma (born 1972), Spanish rally car driver
- Paul Roma (Paul Centopani, born 1960), professional wrestler
[edit] Theatre and films
- Roma (2004 film), Argentinian film directed by Adolfo Aristarain
- Roma (1972 film), Italian film directed by Federico Fellini
- Roma, città aperta, Rome, Open City, 1945 Italian war drama film
- Roma Bene, a 1971 Italian erotic comedy film, starring Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Irene Papas and Senta Berger
- Mamma Roma, a 1962 film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
[edit] Books and fiction
- Roma (2008 book), book by Steven Saylor about Ancient Rome
- Roma Eterna, a 2003 novel by Robert Silverberg which presents an alternate history in which the Roman Empire survives to the present day
- Roma Sub Rosa, the title of the series of mystery novels by Steven Saylor set in, and populated by noteworthy denizens of, Ancient Rome
- Roma (comics), a Marvel comics character
- Love Roma, a Japanese Romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Minoru Toyoda
- Gina Roma, a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Actress Patty Weaver played the role from the fall of 1982 and was last seen in March 2009
[edit] Transportation
[edit] Food and dining
- Roma rice, an Italian cultivated variety of rice particularly suitable for risotto
- Roma tomato, a plum tomato commonly found in supermarkets
- Tony Roma's, chain restaurant
[edit] Other uses
- 472 Roma, an asteroid
- Roma Victor, a 2006 MMORPG based on the Roman Empire in Great Britain in the latter half of the 2nd Century AD. Roma Victor is developed by RedBedlam Ltd. of Brighton and Hove, England
- Nova Roma, an international Roman revivalist movement created in 1998 (or MMDCCLI AUC by the Roman calendar) by Joseph Bloch and William Bradford, later incorporated in Maine as a non-profit organization with an educational and religious mission
- ROMA, Representational Oligonucleotide Microarray Analysis, a genomics technology
