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  2. Romani people - Wikipedia

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    Some terms for the Romani people trace their origin to conflation with Egyptians. The English term Gypsy (or Gipsy) originates from the Middle English gypcian, short for Egipcien. The Spanish term Gitano and French Gitan have similar etymologies. They are ultimately derived from the Greek Αιγύπτιοι (Aigyptioi), meaning "Egyptian", via ...

  3. Romani Americans - Wikipedia

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    Most Romani Americans live in the United States's biggest cities, where the greatest economic opportunities exist. Romani Americans practice many different religions, usually based on the version of Christianity common in their country of origin, but fundamentalist Christian denominations have been growing in popularity among them. [10]

  4. History of Pensacola, Florida - Wikipedia

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    The British colony of West Florida, with its capital at Pensacola, included all of the Panhandle west of the Apalachicola River, as well as southwestern Alabama, southern Mississippi, and the Florida parishes of modern Louisiana. West Florida included the important cities of Pensacola, Mobile, Biloxi, Baton Rouge, and, disputably, Natchez. In ...

  5. Names of the Romani people - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Romanichal - Wikipedia

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    Romanichal residing in England, Scotland, and Wales are part of the Gypsy (Romani), Roma, and Traveller community. [2] Genetic, cultural and linguistic findings indicate that the Romani people can trace their origins to Northern India. [3] [4] [5]

  7. Scottish Romani and Traveller groups - Wikipedia

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    Scottish Romani are the Romani people of Scotland. This includes Romanichal (locally also known as Border Gypsies) and Lowland Romani (Lowland Gypsies). [1]Scottish Travellers are non-Romani groups indigenous to Scotland who live or traditionally lived a nomadic lifestyle, including Scottish Highland Travellers, Scottish Lowland Travellers and Showmen (Funfair Travellers).

  8. King of the Gypsies - Wikipedia

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    Mustafa Shibil (killed in 1856) [2] claimed the title during his time in the Balkan Mountains near Sliven during and after the Crimean War.. The Gypsy King is associated with mythical powers of being able to part water with his sword, a spade, and his head, after it had been cut off, according to tales collected in 1981 from the Romani people in Bulgaria.

  9. Pensacola, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Pensacola (/ ˌ p ɛ n s ə ˈ k oʊ l ə / PEN-sə-KOH-lə) is a city in the Florida Panhandle in the United States. It is the county seat and only city in Escambia County.It is the principal city of the Pensacola Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had 511,503 residents in 2020. [5]