Rome (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. U.S. lyricist and composer.
  2. a city in and the capital of Italy, in the central part, on the Tiber: ancient capital of the Roman Empire; site of Vatican City, seat of authority of the Roman Catholic Church.
  3. a city in central New York, east of Oneida Lake.
  4. a city in northwestern Georgia.
  5. the ancient Italian kingdom, republic, and empire whose capital was the city of Rome.
  6. the Roman Catholic Church.
  7. Roman Catholicism.
noun
  1. the capital of Italy, on the River Tiber: includes the independent state of the Vatican City; traditionally founded by Romulus on the Palatine Hill in 753 bc, later spreading to six other hills east of the Tiber; capital of the Roman Empire; a great cultural and artistic centre, esp during the Renaissance. Pop: 2 546 804 (2001)
  2. the Roman Empire
  3. the Roman Catholic Church or Roman Catholicism
Rome (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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