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Roma vs Gyps - What's the difference?

roma | gyps |

As a noun roma

is roman.

As an adjective roma

is roman.

As a proper noun gyps is

.

roma

English

Etymology 1

Related to Rom, from (etyl) rom, probably ultimately from (etyl) .See e.g. Matras, Romani, A linguistic Introduction'' (2005) The names of the ''Lom'' and ''Dom are related. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy'' (words related to ''Egypt'') and cognates of ''tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information.

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A nomadic people with origins in India, the Romani.
  • A subgroup of the Romani people found primary in Eastern Europe.
  • A variety of the Romani language (or occasionally) the Romani macrolanguage.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Romani; a member of the Roma/Romani people.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Romani: of or pertaining to the Roma people.

    • See also

    * Rom *

    References

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) and (etyl) .

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A variety of tomato.
  • Any of a number of places, including a city in Texas and a city in Queensland.
  • of English-speakers.

    • Etymology 3

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An Austronesian language of Indonesia.

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    Anagrams

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    gyps

    English

    Noun

    (head)
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