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Romanize en · VERB · etymology 1

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1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of romanize.
   alt of romanize
   • ‘We don’t like their categorization system,’ explained Anthony. ‘It only makes sense in Roman characters, but not every language is so easily Romanized, is it?’ 2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 381:

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Romanize en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From Roman(ian) + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To Romanianize.
   • The Romanian Communist Party also decided to extensively Romanize the cities of Transylvania through a slow, but inexorable policy of reducing Hungarian cultural identity and autonomy. 2004, Claude Karnoouh, “Multiculturalism and Ethnic Relations in Transylvania”, in Henry F. Carey, editor, Romania Since 1989: Politics, Economics, and Society, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 248:
   • On the surface, the current debate in Transylvania has to do with minority rights and local issues, like the re-establishment of those Hungarian language schools that had been 'Romanized' by Nicolae Ceausescu, the late dictator. 1990 November 12, Celestine Bohlen, “Ethnic Rivalries Revive in East Europe”, in The New York Times, section A, page 1:

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