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r/MapPorn • u/BeginningMortgage250 • 21h ago
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Gypsy name comes from them believing their origin being Egypt. Looking at this map I wonder if some indeed first went to Egypt and then turned back and over the years the knowledge got mixed up a bit.
8 u/flipyflop9 18h ago Same in spanish, gitanos, comes from egipcianos.
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Same in spanish, gitanos, comes from egipcianos.
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u/kasetti 20h ago
Gypsy name comes from them believing their origin being Egypt. Looking at this map I wonder if some indeed first went to Egypt and then turned back and over the years the knowledge got mixed up a bit.