People are really confused about this.
Romani people
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Not to be confused with
Romanians, an unrelated ethnic group and nation, nor with
modern or
ancient Romans, also unrelated. For other uses, see
Romani (disambiguation)."Gypsy" and "Gypsies" redirect here. For other uses, see
Gypsy (disambiguation).
The
Romani (also spelled
Romany;
/ˈroʊməni/,
/ˈrɒ-/), or
Roma, are a traditionally
nomadic ethnic group, living mostly
in Europe and the Americas and originating from the
northern regions of the
Indian subcontinent presumably from where the states
Rajasthan,
Haryana, and
Punjab exist today. The Romani are widely known among English-speaking people by the
exonym "
Gypsies" (or "
Gipsies"
, which some people consider pejorative due to its connotations of illegality and irregularity.
Romani are
dispersed, with their concentrated populations in Europe – especially
Central,
Eastern and
Southern Europe including
Turkey,
Spain and
Southern France. They originated in
Northern India and arrived in
Mid-West Asia, then Europe, around 1,000 years ago.
Since the 19th century, some Romani have also migrated to the Americas. There are an estimated one million
Roma in the United States; and 800,000 in
Brazil, most of whose ancestors emigrated in the nineteenth century from eastern Europe. Brazil also includes some Romani descended from people deported by the government of
Portugal during the
Inquisition in the colonial era. In migrations since the late nineteenth century, Romani have also moved to other countries in South America and to Canada.
Also, if you check the regions with significant populations of Gypsies Romania is on the 4th place.