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In the English language (according to the Oxford English Dictionary), Rom is a noun (with the plural Roma or Roms) and an adjective, while Romani is also a noun (with the plural Romanies) and an adjective. Both Rom and Romani have been in use in English since the 19th century as an alternative for Gypsy. Romani is also spelled Romany, or ...
Kal – Romani world music band from Serbia; Kibariye – Turkish singer of Romani descent; Kostas Hatzis – Greek singer-songwriter and musician; Lolita Flores (1958) – Spanish singer and actress; Los Niños de Sara – French (Spanish origin, Iberian Kale) rumba and flamenco singers and guitar players; Manitas de Plata (born 1921 ...
Approximately 120,000 Romani live in Sweden, [156] including 65,000~ Romanisæl, 3,000~ Kaale, who have migrated from Finland since the 1960s, [157] and 50,000~ Eastern European Roma, who have only started to immigrate to Sweden and Norway in recent years. Romanisæl in Sweden have periodically suffered discrimination at the hands of the state.
The name reform introduced around 1850 had the names changed to a western style consisting of a given name followed by a family name (surname). As such, the name is called prenume, while the family name is called nume or, when otherwise ambiguous, nume de familie ("family name"). Middle names (second given names) are also fairly common.
The Romani people are today found across the world. Typically, Roma adopt given names that are common in the country of their residence. Seldom do modern Roma use the traditional name from their own language, such as Čingaren. Romanes is the only Indo-Aryan language that has been spoken exclusively around Europe since the Middle Ages. [16]
The signs came down almost as fast as they went up: plain white sheets of paper, plastered to a Rowland Heights gas station door, prohibiting Romani women from entering. “No Gypsy women in long ...
The accession of Romania to the European Union in 2007 led many members of the Romani minority, the most socially disadvantaged ethnic group in Romania, to migrate en masse to various Western European countries (mostly to Spain, Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Belgium, United Kingdom, Sweden) hoping to find a better life.