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The English term gypsy or gipsy [16] is commonly used to indicate Romani people, [17] and use of the word gipsy in modern-day English is pervasive (and is a legal term under English law—see below), and some Romani organizations use it in their own organizational names, particularly in the United Kingdom.
Pages in category "Romanian masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 243 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Reconstruction of the late antique Hunting Amazons mosaic. The Amazons were a group or race of female warriors in Ancient Greek mythology. Most of them are only briefly named in one or two sources, either as companions of Penthesilea at the Trojan War, or as being killed by Heracles during his 12 labours.
Zhena Muzyka - Founder of Zhena’s Gypsy Tea [13] Boris Pelekh - singer [14] [15] Sani Rifati - Kosovar-American human rights activist and the President of Voice of Roma; Levi and Matilda Stanley - 19th century immigrant Romanichal elders; Nettie Stanley - matriarch of the family starring in the TLC reality television series "Gypsy Sisters"
The history of Roma in Greece goes back to the 15th century. The name Gypsy (Gyftos = Γύφτος) sometimes used for the Romani people was first given to them by the Greeks, who supposed them to be Egyptian in origin. [10] Due to their nomadic nature, they are not concentrated in a specific geographical area, but are dispersed all over the ...
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Name frequently found at Mons Claudianus i.e. two persons have this name on a list of Dacian names, but this name is also the patronyme of the soldier named Diernaios. [17] The name ‘'bast'’ is found in Thrace (cf. Decev) but never as Bastiza. [17] Bikili(s) Decebal's friend (Dio Cassius) [18] Blegissa
Eric Otto Winstedt (1880, Oxford – January 29, 1955), or more commonly E. O. Winstedt, was a British Latinist and gypsiologist. [1] He translated Latin works to English, e. g. Marcus Tullius Cicero's letters to Atticus and compiled a 'register of Gypsy names' in the 1920s. [2]