Romania vs. Roman — What's the Difference?

Romania ( (listen) ro-MAY-nee-ə; Romanian: România [romɨˈni.a] (listen)) is a country at the crossroads of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east and the Black Sea to the southeast.

A narrative poem or a prose tale in medieval French literature.

A Balkan republic in southeastern Europe

A novel.

A native, inhabitant, or citizen of ancient or modern Rome.

The Italian language as spoken in Rome.

One belonging to the Roman Catholic Church.

Roman Roman print or typestyle.

Romans (used with a sing. verb) See Table at Bible.

Of or relating to ancient or modern Rome or its people or culture.

Of or relating to the Roman Empire.

Of, relating to, or composed in the Latin language.

Of or using the Latin alphabet.

Of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.

Of or being an architectural style developed by the ancient Romans and characterized by the round arch as chief structural element, the vault, concrete masonry construction, and classical ornamentation.

Roman Of or being a typestyle characterized by upright letters having serifs and vertical lines thicker than horizontal lines.

Upright, as opposed to italic.

Of or related to the Latin alphabet.

(typography) One of the main three types used for the Latin alphabet (the others being italics and blackletter), in which the ascenders are mostly straight.

(archaic) A novel.

Of or pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or characteristic of Rome, the Roman people, or things done by Romans; as, Roman fortitude; a Roman aqueduct; Roman art.

Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion.

Upright; erect; - said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters.

A native, or permanent resident, of Rome; a citizen of Rome, or one upon whom certain rights and privileges of a Roman citizen were conferred.

Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; - in distinction from Italics.

A resident of modern Rome

An inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire

A typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions

Relating to or characteristic of people of Rome;

Of or relating to or characteristic of Rome (especially ancient Rome);

Characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions

Of or relating to or supporting Romanism;