<x-tad-bigger>A </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Gypsy</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> (derived from </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Copt</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>) may be:
</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>▪</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> any member of any </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>nomadic people</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> (the term is sometimes considered </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>derogatory</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>), especially:
</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>▪</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> the </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Roma</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> and </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Sinti</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>, found worldwide but mainly in </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Europe</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>;
</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>▪</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Travellers</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> found mainly in </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Great Britain</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>, </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Ireland</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> and the </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>United States</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>; and
</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>▪</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Luli</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> in Central Asia.
</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>▪</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Luoli</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> (Chinese name for Gypsy) inhabited </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>China</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> in the </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Yuan Dynasty</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> (1271-1368)
</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>▪</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Gitanos</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> (called Spanish Gypsies) that speak </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Caló</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>.
</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>▪</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> In Bulgaria the term </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>gypsy</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> (tzigani) is highly derogatory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsies
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On Feb 17, 2006, at 1:23 PM, shempmcgurk wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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> Egypt actually.
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> Sal
Nope. India.
http://www.geocities.com/~patrin/history.htm
