Roum
Roum (Template:IPA-en; Italian: Roma Template:IPA-it; Laitin: Rōma) is the caipital o Italy an the kintra's lairgest an maist populatit ceety an comune, wi ower 2.7 million residents in 1,285.3 km2 (496.3 sq mi). Roum's metropolitan aurie is the seicont lairgest in Italy (efter Milan), wi some 3.7 million residents.[1] The ceety is locatit in the central-wastren portion o the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River athin the Lazio region o Italy.
Roum's history spans ower twa an a hauf thoosand year. It wis the caipital ceety o the Roman Kinrick, the Roman Republic an the Roman Empire, which wis the dominant pouer in Wastern Europe an the lands borderin the Mediterranean Sea for ower seiven hunder year frae the 1st century BC till the 7t century AD. Syne the 1st century AD Roum haes been the seat o the Papacy an, efter the end o Byzantine domination, in the 8t century it becam the caipital o the Papal States, that lestit till 1870. In 1871 Roum became the caipital o the Kinrick o Italy, an in 1946 that o the Italian Republic.
[edit] Etymology
Aboot the oreegin o the name Roma several hypotheses hae been advanced.[2] The maist important are the follaein:
- frae Rommylos (Romulus), son o Ascanius an foonder o the ceety;
- frae Rumon or Rumen, archaic name o Tiber. It haes the same ruit o the Greek verb ῥέω (rhèo) an o the Laitin verb ruo, which baith mean "flow";[3]
- frae the Etruscan wird ruma, whose ruit is *rum-, "teat", wi possible reference either tae the totem wolf that adoptit an suckled the cognately named twins Romulus an Remus, or tae the shape o Palatine an Aventine hills;
- frae the Greek wird ῤώμη (rhòme), which means strength;[4]
[edit] Twin touns, sister ceeties an pairtner ceeties
Roum is syne 1956 exclusively an reciprocally twinned anerlie wi:
Paris, Fraunce
- Template:Fr icon Seule Paris est digne de Rome; seule Rome est digne de Paris.
- Template:It icon Solo Parigi è degna di Roma; solo Roma è degna di Parigi.
- "Anerlie Paris is worthy o Roum; anerlie Roum is worthy o Paris."[5][6][7]
Roum's sister an pairtner ceeties are:
[edit] References
- ↑ OECD. Competitive Cities in the Global Economy (PDF). Retrieved on 30 Apryle 2009. .
- ↑ Claudio Rendina, Roma ieri, oggi, domani, Newton Compton, Roma, 2007, pg. 17
- ↑ This hypothesis originates from the Roman Grammarian Maurus Servius Honoratus.
- ↑ This hypothesis oreeginates frae Plutarch
- ↑ Twinning with Rome. Retrieved on 27 Mey 2010. .
- ↑ Les pactes d'amitié et de coopération. Mairie de Paris. Retrieved on 14 October 2007. .
- ↑ International relations: special partners. Mairie de Paris. Retrieved on 14 October 2007. .Template:Dead link
- ↑ Sister Cities. Beijing Municipal Government. Retrieved on 23 Juin 2009. .
- ↑ Le jumelage avec Rome (French). Municipalité de Paris. Retrieved on 9 Julie 2008. .
- ↑ Mapa Mundi de las ciudades hermanadas. Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Retrieved on 17 October 2009. .
- ↑ NYC's Sister Cities. Sister City Program of the City of New York (2006). Retrieved on 1 September 2008. .
- ↑ Twinning Cities: International Relations (PDF). Municipality of Tirana. www.tirana.gov.al. Retrieved on 23 Juin 2009. .
- ↑ Twinning Cities: International Relations. Municipality of Tirana. www.tirana.gov.al. Retrieved on 2008-01-25.
- ↑ Cooperation Internationale (French). © 2003–2009 City of Tunis Portal. Archived from the original on 8 Mey 2008. . Retrieved on 31 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ Rome and Multan ‘to be made sister cities’. Thenews.com.pk (5 November 2008). Retrieved on 17 October 2009. .Template:Dead link
