What is the original name for Gypsies?
What is the original name for Gypsies? The Romani people are also known by a variety of other names; in English as gypsies or gipsies, and Roma; in Greek as ??ft?? (gíftoi) or ts??????? (tsiggánoi), in Central and Eastern Europe as Tsingani (and variants); in France as gitans besides the dated terms bohémiens and manouches; in Italy as rom and sinti besides ...
What is the other name for Gypsies?
Both Rom and Romany have been in use in English since the 19th century as an alternative for Gypsy. Romany is also spelled Romani, or Rommany.