Romani people in France - Wikipedia
Romani people in France (French: Roms en France), generally known in spoken French as gitans, tsiganes or manouches, are an ethnic group that originated in Northern India. The exact number of Romani people in France is unknown; estimates vary from 500,000 to 1,200,000 [ clarification needed ] .
Romani people - Wikipedia
The English exonym Gypsy (or Gipsy) originates from the Middle English gypcian, short for Egipcien. The Spanish term Gitano and French Gitan have similar etymologies. They are ultimately derived from the Greek Αιγύπτιοι (Aigyptioi), meaning "Egyptian", via Latin.
France's unwanted Roma - BBC News
2014年2月13日 · The serial romance fraudster and the women he swindled. The story of Raymond McDonald and the women he defrauded who discovered his true identity
Who Are Gypsies, and Why Is France Deporting Them? | TIME
2010年8月26日 · French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservative government continued its planned deportation of 700 Roma — otherwise known as Gypsies — on Aug. 26 by sending two additional airplanes full of them...
Genocide of European Roma (Gypsies), 1939–1945
2023年7月24日 · Romani (Gypsy) women and children interned in the Rivesaltes transit camp. France, spring 1942. Serbs and Roma (Gypsies) who have been rounded up for deportation. This photograph shows them being marched to Kozare and Jasenovac, both Croatian concentration camps. Yugoslavia, July 1942.
The Roma in Europe: 11 things you always wanted to know, but …
2015年4月23日 · In most languages, “gypsy” is considered insulting and is rejected by Roma organizations. “Roma” is the right word to use for all related groups, regardless of their country of origin. It became the accepted global term in 1971, when representatives of Roma communities adopted a flag, anthem and international day (8 April).
Names of the Romani people - Wikipedia
The English term gypsy or gipsy [16] is commonly used to indicate Romani people, [17] and use of the word gipsy in modern-day English is pervasive (and is a legal term under English law—see below), and some Romani organizations use it in their own organizational names, particularly in the United Kingdom.
A People Without a Country: The Gypsies - All That's Interesting
2015年8月12日 · Persecuted around the world and still subject to discrimination in modern day Europe, we look into the fascinating history of the Gypsy people. In 1332, a Franciscan monk from Ireland visited the island of Crete. While there, he wrote this description of what he called “the descendants of Cain,” whom he met outside the town of Heraklion:
France’s Gypsies: the first behind wire fences - EL PAÍS English
2013年11月18日 · "In France, persecution of Gypsies began significantly before the [Nazi] occupation," wrote the historian Marie-Christine Hubert. "Already in September and October 1939, the circulation of nomads...
Gypsy's Pilgrimage in Les Saintes Maries de la Mer
The women are very dark haired, the men have dark skin. They call themselves either "Catalans", or "Andalusian", according to their principal place of settlement. They number dozens of thousands in the South of France, where some have definitively settled since many years ago, even several generations.