Romanoff

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Etymology

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Transliteration of Russian Рома́нов (Románov). From Рома́н (Román), from Romance Roman, from Latin Roma (Rome), from Indo-European word for river, referring to the River Tiber in Rome, that the city is built on.

Proper noun

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Romanoff (plural Romanoffs)

  1. A surname from Russian.
  2. A dynasty that ruled the Russian Empire
  3. An aristocratic house that formed a ruling dynasty of Russia

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