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0 pointsemteycz5y ago0 comments

Here in Czechia many use the 'vulgar' variant (cikán) themselves. I wouldn't use it in my writing though.

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malkia5y ago· 2 in thread

It's "циганин" (tsiganin, or ciganin) in Bulgaria. But this is now deemed offensive, hence roma.

In Brazil (which has a sizeable Romani population, and had two Romani presidents), the direct translation of this, "Cigano", is still the one officially used.

figomore5y ago

I didn’t know that Brazil had two presidents with Romani origin. According to Wikipedia they are Juscelino Kubitscheck and Washington Luís.

vram225y ago

Interestingly, many variants of that word in different European languages. See section Exonyms in:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people

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