Rome Definition–noun | 1. | Harold (Jacob), 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer. | | 2. | Italian, Roma. 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. 2,600,000. | | 3. | a city in central New York, E of Oneida Lake. 43,826. | | 4. | a city in NW Georgia. 29,654. | | 5. | the ancient Italian kingdom, republic, and empire whose capital was the city of Rome. | | 6. | the Roman Catholic Church. | |
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