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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.
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 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 ...
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 oldest layer of the Egyptian naming tradition is native Egyptian names. These can be either traced back to pre-Coptic stage of the language, attested in Hieroglyphic, Hieratic or Demotic texts (i.e. ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ Amoun, ⲛⲁⲃⲉⲣϩⲟ Naberho, ϩⲉⲣⲟⲩⲱϫ Herwōč, ⲧⲁⲏⲥⲓ Taēsi) or be first attested in Coptic texts and derived from purely Coptic lemmas (i.e ...
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]
The Black Egyptian hypothesis is the hypothesis that ancient Egypt was a "Black", homogeneous civilization. [235] [236] At a UNESCO symposium in 1974 there was consensus that Ancient Egypt was indigenous to Africa. [34]
An endonym (also known as autonym) is a common, native name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language, or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate themselves, their place of origin, or their language.