I want to know the correct romanization for ベオウルフ.

For me, it's Beōrufu, because the pronunciation of Be-o-wulf has a long vowel
(oo/ou/ow/oh). However, some people discord for being a foreign name.
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katakana rōmaji long-vowels
Correct romanization for ベオウルフ (Beowulf) and the use of ō
Firstly, using the macron for indicating long vowels is only really used in
(Revised) Hepburn romanization, so "correct" would mean "according to the
rules of Hepburn romanization".

Secondly, Hepburn only uses ō for _long_ vowels and here there isn't one! One
way that points to this fact is that the word in katakana isn't spelled オー,
but オウ.

Actually, ベオウルフ is a good transcription because for one it reflects the fact
that the ウ is a substitution for "wu" (definitely not a lengthener of "o");
further, it suggest the pitch as ベオウルフ【LHHLL】, whereas ベオールフ would have to be
ベオールフ【LHLLL】 (the former is much closer to the English pronunciation, which
has a secondary stress at "wu").

In any case, I think you should romanize ベオウルフ as _beourufu_ in Hepburn and as
_beouruhu_ in Nihon-shiki/Kunrei-shiki/Wāpuro.
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