Romanization
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See also: romanization
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- romanization
- Romanisation, romanisation (non-Oxford British spelling)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Romanization (countable and uncountable, plural Romanizations)
- (usually uncountable) The act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet, by means such as transliteration and transcription.
- (countable) An instance (a string) of text transliterated or transcribed from another alphabet into the Latin alphabet.
- 1989, David E. Mungello, Curious Land: Jesuit Accommodation and the Origins of Sinology, →ISBN, page 160:
- 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.
- 2005, Chris Berry, Feii Lu, Island on the Edge: Taiwan New Cinema and After, →ISBN, page 11:
- 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.
Translations[edit]
putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Romanization”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Romanization, romanization, Romanisation, romanisation at Google Ngram Viewer
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