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Meaning of romanization | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌɹəʊmənaɪˈzeɪʃən

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Romanization.
  2. The act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet, by means such as transliteration and transcription.
  3. An instance (a string) of text transliterated or transcribed from another alphabet into the Latin alphabet.

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Examples

“As an alternate name for Sakyamuni, Kircher gave "Omyto", which is a romanization of A-mi-to-fu, whom Kircher stated was commonly called "Amida", i.e., the Japanese pronunciation.”
“Furthermore, certain places and people are already internationally well known by particular romanizations of their names, and these romanizations may not conform to any of the official systems detailed above.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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