Romani

Not to be confused with Români (disambiguation).

Romani may refer to:

Ethnicities

• Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin; now living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
• Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Romani people
• Romani society and culture
• Romani cuisine

Nationalities

• The Latin term for the ancient Romans, see Roman citizenship
• The Italian term for inhabitants of Rome
• The Romanian term for Romanians (citizens of Romania), officially written with diacritic â (an upper arrow on top of a) as Români. Sometimes it is written with just as Romani, without a diacritic, but this leads to confusion with a totally unrelated ethnic group, the Romani people.

Places

• Castelli Romani, a group of communes in the province of Rome, Italy

Names

• A surname:
  • Felice Romani, 19th-century Italian poet, scholar of literature and mythology, and opera librettist, especially for operas by Vincenzo Bellini
  • Girolamo Romani, an Italian painter
  • Paolo Romani, an Italian politician
• A given name:
  • Romani Rose, chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma
• A soubriquet:
  • Romani (adventurer), involved in the Affair of the Poisons
• In popular culture:
  • Romani, a character in the video game The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Other uses

• Ludi Romani, a religious festival in ancient Rome
• Romani (grape), another name for the Italian wine grape Trebbiano

See also

• Names of the Romani people
• Roma (disambiguation)
• Rom (disambiguation)