Strochlic, Nina. 2012. “American Gypsies Are a Persecuted ...

“Gypsy” comes from the word Egyptian and was a misnomer informally assigned to traveler people from India who were mistaken for Egyptians. ... with group and family names derived from group occupations (Iovita and Schurr 2004: 268). ... The last wave of Romani people is perhaps the least identifiable with those earlier immigrant groups from ... ................
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