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Gypsy (also Gipsey, Gispy, Gypsey, Gypsie or Gypo) is a sometimes derogatory term for certain ethnic and cultural groups.
It may also refer to a wide variety of other meanings.
[edit] Ethnic groups
[edit] Roma
Roma people, also spelled Rroma, Roms, or Romani, related ethnic groups in Southern and Eastern Europe and the Middle East:
- Cikáni, also spelled Tsikaanji mostly in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
- Gitanos, also spelled Ciganos, mostly in Spain, Portugal, and southern France
- Kalderash, the most numerous of the Roma people, mostly in the Balkans, Central Europe, North America
- Romnichal, also known as Rom'nies, mostly in Britain and North America
- Sinti, also known as Zigeuner or Zingari, mostly in Germany, Austria and Italy
Bohemians was also at times incorrectly used to refer to Roma, in the mistaken belief that they originated in Bohemia.
[edit] Others
Gypsy people (i.e. a nomadic people living mostly amongst non-nomadic people) not related to the Roma:
- Lyuli, mostly in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia
- Irish Travellers, also known as Pavee, mostly in Ireland, Great Britain, and the United States
- Sea Gypsies, a number of different peoples of Southeast Asia
- Yeniche (people), mostly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, and Belgium
- Dom people, mostly in the Middle East
- Lom people, mostly in the Caucasus
[edit] Entertainment
- Gypsy, a Suzanne Vega song
- Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac song), a song by Fleetwood Mac
- Gypsy, a Armin van Buuren song
- Gypsy, a Uriah Heep song from Very 'eavy... Very 'umble
- Gypsy, a Luscious Jackson song from Electric Honey
- Gypsy, a Dio song from Holy Diver
- Gypsy, a Black Sabbath song from Technical Ecstasy
- The Gypsy, a Deep Purple song from Stormbringer
- A Gypsy's Kiss, a Deep Purple song from Perfect Strangers
- Gypsy, a Ektomorf song
- The Gypsy, a 1945 popular song
- Gypsy Eyes, a Jimi Hendrix song from Electric Ladyland
- Restless Gypsy, a W.A.S.P. song from Inside the Electric Circus
- Roll Gypsy Roll, a Lynyrd Skynyrd song from Gimme Back My Bullets
- Gypsy Road, a Cinderella song from Long Cold Winter
- Gypsy Soul, a L.A. Guns song from Tales from the Strip
- Gypsy Queen, a Riot song from Rock City
- Sign of the Gypsy Queen, a song by April Wine
- Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves, a song by Cher
- Gypsy Woman, a Hilary Duff song from Dignity
- Band of Gypsys, a Jimi Hendrix album
- Gypsy: A Musical Fable, a musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee
- Gypsy (1962 film), a film version of the musical starring Rosalind Russell
- Gypsy: A Memoir, Gypsy Rose Lee's book which inspired the musical and film
- Gipsy Kings, a band from the South of France
- Gypsy, a dancer in a Broadway musical theatre
- Gypsies (TV series), a French Canadian television series
[edit] People
- Gypsy Rose Lee, an American actress and entertainer (1911-1970)
- Gypsy (calypsonian), full name Winston "Gypsy" Patrick Peters, a Trinidad and Tobago calypsonian and politician
- Phyllis Coates, born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell, actress
- Gypsy Boots, full name Robert Bootzin, American fitness pioneer (1914-2004)
[edit] Other uses
- Gypsies, a fantasy novel by Robert Charles Wilson
- Gypsy (software), the first word processing program to use a graphical interface, created 1975 by Xerox
- Austin Gipsy, a Land Rover like vehicle
- Gypsy (elephant), an elephant given to Michael Jackson by Elizabeth Taylor
- Gypsy Killer, a Battleball award, given to the player who hits the Gypsy in the head
- Gypsy (comics), a fictional character from DC Comics
- Gipsy (comics), the eponymous character of a comic series by Enrico Marini and Thierry Smolderen
- Gypsy (MST3K), a robot character from the TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Gypsy, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
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