Romani
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- noun
- /ˈroʊməni/
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romaní
- The first World Romani Congress was organized in 1971 in Orpington near London and was attended by 23 representatives from nine nations (Czechoslovakia, Finland, Norway, France, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Spain, and Yugoslavia) and observers from Belgium, Canada, India, and the United States.
The ancestry is Irish and then our ancestry is like Romani.
- The ancestry is Irish and then our ancestry is like Romani.
Examples
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I'm a Romani from an orphanage.
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You can take the word of a Romani.
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It's the accepted term for a section of the ethnic group known as Romani.
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Mr. Olgaren taught me some Romani.
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Romani Rose, leader of the Central Council of Sinti and Roma in Germany, also attended the ceremony.
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The Romani people have a rich cultural heritage that includes music, dance, and storytelling.
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Many Romani communities maintain their traditional customs while adapting to modern society.
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In many countries, Romani individuals face discrimination and struggle for acceptance.
Synonyms
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A person from a group with a shared language and culture who traditionally moves from place to place
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A person from a group who traditionally travels and speaks the Romany language
A person from a traditional travelling group from northern India who now live in many countries and speak their language
Surface Forms
Etymology
Romani comes from the people's own name Rom, also Roma, which means 'man' or 'people' in their language that originally came from northern India. So a Romani person is simply a member of that group.