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TZIGANE [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
  • Political Geography and Geopolitics
OBS

A member of a wandering people having dark skin and black hair who originally migrated to Europe from N. India in the 15th and 16th centuries.

OBS

traveller: the politically correct term for Gypsy.

OBS

Gypsies have been known as "travellers" or "travelling people" since the eighteenth century and it is their own name for themselves. [However,] it appears that proper gypsies do not mind being called 'gypsies', [since] gypsies are ... recognized as an ethnic group and thus protected from discrimination under the British 1976 Race Relations Act.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
  • Géographie politique et géopolitique
OBS

Les Tziganes, nom d’un peuple [...] venu de l’Inde, apparu d’abord en Grèce et en Europe orientale vers la fin du XIIIe siècle, au XVe siècle en Europe occidentale, qui a mené une existence de nomades exerçant diverses activités (artisanat, spectacle).

OBS

Gitan; Gitane : terminologie employée en France et en Espagne.

OBS

Tzigane; Tsigane : terminologie employée dans le reste de l'Europe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de habitantes y nombres de pueblos
  • Geografía política y geopolítica
OBS

gitano; itinerante: términos generalmente utilizados en plural.

Key term(s)
  • gitanos
  • itinerantes
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Record 2 2007-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

gypsy: A member of a wandering race (by themselves called Romany), of Hindu origin, which first appeared in England about the beginning of the 16th c. and was then believed to have come from Egypt.

Key term(s)
  • gipsy wagon
  • gipsy caravan

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

verdine; romanichelle : Dans le Grand Robert électronique (1994), la «verdine» est définie comme suit : roulotte traditionnelle des Tsiganes. Dans le même dictionnaire, on définit la «romanichelle» comme étant une «roulotte de romanichels». Or, toujours selon la même source, le mot «romanichel» est un mot vieilli qui signifie «Tsigane nomade».

OBS

tzigane; tsigane : Les Tziganes, nom d’un peuple(qui s’appelle lui-même Rom;-Romani) venu de l'Inde, apparu d’abord en Grèce et en Europe orientale vers la fin du XIIIe siècle, au XVe siècle en Europe occidentale, qui a mené une existence de nomades exerçant diverses activités(artisanat, spectacle).

Spanish

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