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English

Etymology
Earlier ME. term|gipcyan|langenm term|gyptian|langenm, < OF. term|gyptien, short for term|Egyptian < L. term|Aegyptius|lang=la; when they first appeared in England in the sixteenth century they were believed to have come from Egypt.

Noun
en-noun|Gyps|ies

1. A Rom, member of the Roma. This term is considered pejorative by some, especially among the Roma themselves.
2. One of a stateless people, whose communities, traditionally thought to have been originally from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th century, and are now widely distributed over Europe, Russia, Turkey, the Americas.
3. The language of the Roma people.

Translations
trans-top|a Rom
Bosnian: Rom#Bosnian|Rom m, Romkinja#Bosnian|Romkinja f
Chinese: ��賽人, ���人 (jíp�sài rén)
Croatian: Rom#Croatian|Rom m, Romkinja#Croatian|Romkinja f
Czech: cikán m
Hungarian: cigány
Norwegian: sigøyner m, sigøynerske f
Polish: cygan m, cyganka f
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Portuguese: cigano m, cigana f
Russian: ��ган (tsygán) m, ��ганка (tsygánka) f
Serbian:

Spanish: gitano m, gitana f
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trans-top|one of the stateless people
Bosnian: Ciganin#Bosnian|Ciganin m, Ciganka#Bosnian|Ciganka f
Chinese: ��賽人, ���人 (jíp�sài rén)
Croatian: Ciganin#Croatian|ciganin m, Ciganka#Croatian|Ciganka f
Dutch: zigeuner m, zigeunerin f
Finnish: mustalainen, romaani
French: tsigane m|f
German: Zigeuner m, Zigeunerin f
Greek: ��ιγγάνο� (tsigános) m, ��ιγγάνα (tsigána) f
Hungarian: cigány
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Japanese: ���� (jipushii)
Korean: �� (jipsi)
Norwegian: sigøyner m, sigøynerske f
Polish: cygan m, cyganka f
Portuguese: cigano m, cigana f
Russian: ��ган (tsygán) m, ��ганка (tsygánka) f
Serbian:

Turkish: �ingene, Roman, Kıpti.
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trans-top|the language of the Roma
Bosnian: romski#Bosnian|romski m, ciganski#Bosnian|ciganski m
Croatian: romski#Croatian|romski m, ciganski#Croatian|ciganski m
Finnish: romaani
French: tsigane m|f
Hungarian: cigány
Polsih: romani n, j�zyk romski m, j�zyk cyga�ski m
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Portuguese: romani
Russian: ��ган�кий (tsygánskij) m
Serbian:

Spanish: romaní m, caló (Spanish Romani) m
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Adjective
en-adj|-

1. Of or belonging to the Roma. This term is sometimes considered pejorative.
2. Of or belonging to the Gypsy race (Webster).

Translations
trans-top|of or belonging to the Roma
Bosnian: romski#Bosnian|romski m
Croatian: romski#Croatian|romski m
Portuguese: rom m|f, cigano m, cigana f
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Russian: ��ган�кий (tsygánskij) m, ��ган�ка� (tsygánskaja) f
Serbian:

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trans-top|of or belonging to the Gypsy race
Bosnian: ciganski#Bosnian|ciganski m
Croatian: ciganski#Croatian|ciganski m
Portuguese: cigano m, cigana f
Russian: ��ган�кий (tsygánskij) m, ��ган�ка� (tsygánskaja) f
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Serbian:

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See also
Roma
Romani
Sinti
Traveler

References
pedialite|Roma people
R:1913

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