# Romania

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɹəʊˈmeɪ.ni.ə/ · frequency rank #9,952

## Definitions
1. A country in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Bucharest.

## Etymology
From Romanian român (“Romanian”) (in turn from Latin romanus (“Roman”)) + -ia. Doublet of Romagna.

## Easily confused with
- **Romans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romania-vs-romans)
- **romano** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romania-vs-romano)
- **romantic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romania-vs-romantic)
- **Romanian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romania-vs-romanian)
- **roman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roman-vs-romania)
- **Romani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romani-vs-romania)
- **romance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romance-vs-romania)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ormania`, `rmoania`, `roamnia`, `romaina`, `romanai`, `romannia`, `rommania`, `romnaia`, `rromania`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/romania