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The word cigány can also be used to mean Roma culture in a neutral manner, rather than Romani people (cigányzene), this meaning is embraced by most Hungarian Roma. The name originates with Byzantine Greek ἀτσίγγανοι ( atsinganoi , Latin adsincani ) or ἀθίγγανοι ( athinganoi , literally "untouchables"), a term applied to ...
The Spanish term Gitano and French Gitan have similar etymologies. They are ultimately derived from the Greek Αιγύπτιοι (Aigyptioi), meaning 'Egyptian', via Latin. This designation owes its existence to the belief, common in the Middle Ages, that the Roma, or some related group (such as the Indian Dom people), were itinerant Egyptians.
The term gitano evolved from the word egiptano [10] ("Egyptian"), which was the Old Spanish demonym for someone from Egipto (Egypt). "Egiptano" was the regular adjective in Old Spanish for someone from Egypt, however, in Middle and Modern Spanish the irregular adjective egipcio supplanted egiptano to mean Egyptian, probably to differentiate Egyptians from Gypsies.
Gitano may refer to: Gitanos, Romani people in Spain; Gitano, a 2000 Spanish film; Gitano, a 2007 album by Rolando Villazón; Gitano, a 2012 album by Canut Reyes;
The fondness of Egyptian monarchs towards Italy appeared in the number of Italians employed in their courts. Italian-Egyptian relations were so strong and deemed so important that when the King of Italy Victor Emmanuel III abdicated in 1946 after Italy's defeat in World War II, Egyptian King Faruk invited Victor Emmanuel III to live in ...
The Roma community in Argentina (Spanish: Gitanos en Argentina) number more than 300,000. [1]The first Roma to arrive in Argentina were Gitanos who came from Spain at different times and spoke only Spanish dialects instead of the Romani language. [2]
gitano= a Gitano, a Gypsy: from Medieval Latin Aegyptanus, from Latin Aegyptus, see egipcio above. papel = paper: from Catalán paper, from Latin papyrus, "paper, papyrus," see papiro below; papiro= papyrus: from Latin papyrus, from Ancient Greek pápyros, "papyrus," possibly of Egyptian origin.
In 1813, Egyptian leader Muhammad Ali sent an Egyptian mission to Italy to study printing arts. [ 5 ] However, the United Kingdom and France, rather than Italy, have been the preferred destinations for Egyptian expatriate academics and professionals; Italy, and especially Milan , tended to attract Egyptian businessmen and unskilled workers ...