Gypsy

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A Gypsy may be:

  • any member of any nomadic people (nomadic means they do not stay in one place for a long time). Calling one a Gypsy is considered offensive. The groups of people include,
    • the Roma and Sinti, live around the world but mainly in Europe;
    • Travellers found mainly in Great Britain, Ireland and the United States; and
    • Luli in Central Asia.
    • Luoli (Chinese name for Gypsy); lived in China in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368)
    • Gitanos (called Spanish Gypsies) that speak Caló.
    • In Bulgaria the term gypsy (tzigani) is very offensive.

In music:

  • The Gypsy Kings, a musical group of the 1980's that plays a pop-oriented version of traditional flamenco music.
  • Gypsy, a song by Fleetwood Mac.
  • Gypsy, a song by The Moody Blues.
  • Gypsy: A Musical Fable, a musical inspired by the life of Gypsy Rose Lee.

In fiction:

Other meanings:

  • Gypsy, West Virginia, USA
  • Gypsy moth, a destructive insect that causes trees to lose their leaves.
  • Gypsy (software), the first modern document preparation system.
  • Winston "Gypsy" Peters, a Trinidad and Tobago politician and calypsonian
  • A "gypsy" is a part on a boat windlass designed to haul chain. It may have a groove to enable it to haul rope and chain when it is called a combined gypsy and capstan
  • Gypsy is the name of an elephant given to Michael Jackson by Elizabeth Taylor.
  • The J/ψ particle, a subatomic particle.
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