Meaning & use
Romanized
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Converted into the Roman (Latin) alphabet, especially referring to text originally written in another script.
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The textbook uses romanized spellings so students unfamiliar with Japanese characters can still pronounce the words.
Chinese place names are often given in their romanized Pinyin form on international maps.
A note on using this word
Common romanization systems include Pinyin for Chinese and Hepburn for Japanese, each standardizing how sounds map to Latin letters.
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2. adjective
Made to conform to Roman customs, law, or culture, especially historically.
The romanized provinces adopted Latin as their administrative language.
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