Gypsies

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• gypsies — are a people scattered through many countries. The name gypsy comes from the word ‘Egyptian’ because gypsies were once thought to have come from Egypt. Some people now believe that they originally came from India. In the US gypsies are called… …   Universalium

• Gypsies — (Verstümmelung aus Egyptians), englische Bezeichnung für Zigeuner …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

• Gypsies —    The Gypsies, or Roma, entered Europe during the Middle Ages from Northern India. The fact that the Roma had migrated to Europe from the ostensible home of the “Aryan race” did not prevent the Nazis from portraying them as an inferior people… …   Historical dictionary of the Holocaust

• Gypsies —    Since the Romantic period, Gypsies have had a glamorous image for writers and artists outside their communities, evoking ideas of freedom, exotic passion, mystery, and a life close to nature. In folk tradition, however, the stereotyping is… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• Gypsies — Gypsy Gyp sy (j[i^]p s[y^]), n.; pl. {Gypsies} (j[i^]p s[i^]z). [OE. Gypcyan, F. [ e]gyptien Egyptian, gypsy, L. Aegyptius. See {Egyptian}.] [Also spelled {gipsy} and {gypsey}.] 1. One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• gypsies — noun Shortened form of gypsies kiss rhyming with piss …   Wiktionary

• GYPSIES —    a race of people of wandering habits, presumed to be of Indian origin, found scattered over Europe, Asia, and Africa, and even in America, who appear to have begun to migrate westward from the valley of the Indus about A.D. 1000, and to have… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Gypsies for Christ —    A Pentecostal movement in England and Wales. It is now independent of any international organization …   Historical dictionary of the Gypsies

• Gypsies in the Palace — is a song composed and performed by Jimmy Buffett. It concerns leaving his home in the care of the unnamed narrator and another man nicknamed Snake . The two men proceed to shoot the lock off Buffett s liquor cabinet, invite numerous people to… …   Wikipedia

• Gypsies —    See Roma …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation