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Iberian Gitanos and Balkan Romani, the ancestors of most of the Romani population in the United States today, began immigrating to the United States on a large scale over the latter half of the 19th century coinciding with the weakening grip of the Ottoman Empire and the Ottoman Wars in Europe in the 19th century, which ultimately culminated in ...
The Romani people are known by a variety of names, mostly as Gypsies, Roma, Tsinganoi, Bohémiens, and various linguistic variations of these names. There are also numerous subgroups and clans with their own self-designations, such as the Sinti, Kalderash, Boyash, Manouche, Lovari, Lăutari, Machvaya, Romanichal, Romanisael, Kale, Kaale, Xoraxai and Romungro.
In the English language, Romani people have long been known by the exonym Gypsies or Gipsies, [87] which many Roma consider to be an ethnic slur. [ 88 ] [ 89 ] [ 90 ] The attendees of the first World Romani Congress in 1971 unanimously voted to reject the use of all exonyms for the Roma, including "Gypsy". [ 91 ]
A vardo (also Romani wag(g)on, Gypsy wagon, living wagon, caravan, van and house-on-wheels) is a four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle traditionally used by travelling Romanichal as their home. [ 1 ] : 89–90, 168 [ 2 ] : 138 The name v ardo is a Romani term believed to have originated from the Ossetic wærdon meaning cart or carriage. [ 3 ]
In Argentina, illegal taxicabs are called remises truchos (false taxis). [10] In Norway and Denmark, an illegal cab is called pirattaxi (pirate taxi). [11] In Gabon they are called clandos. [12] In the Netherlands they are called snorders; the term derives from the Yiddish verb snorren, to scrounge, cadge. [13] [14]
These they called "vardos" and were often brightly and colorfully decorated on the inside and outside. In the present day, Romanichal are more likely to live in houses or caravans . Over 60% of 21st-century Romanichal families live in houses of bricks and mortar, whilst the remaining 40% still live in mobile homes such as caravans, static ...
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Pikey (/ ˈ p aɪ k iː /; also spelled pikie, pykie) [1] [2] is an ethnic slur referring to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people.It is used mainly in the United Kingdom and in Ireland to refer to people who belong to groups which had a traditional travelling lifestyle.