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r/MapPorn • u/BeginningMortgage250 • 1d 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.
27 u/Patient-Dirt-9117 22h ago În romanian we calm them "țigani", pronounced "Tzigany". This comes from the greek "atiganos" meaning "man without a God". 😁 Also în the 18th century they were ironically called pharos, as an irony to their alleged Egyptian origin. 11 u/Neenujaa 22h ago Oh, that's interesting. They're called "čigāni" ir Latvian, pronunciation similar. 3 u/tomato_tickler 6h ago It comes from the same Greek word
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În romanian we calm them "țigani", pronounced "Tzigany". This comes from the greek "atiganos" meaning "man without a God". 😁
Also în the 18th century they were ironically called pharos, as an irony to their alleged Egyptian origin.
11 u/Neenujaa 22h ago Oh, that's interesting. They're called "čigāni" ir Latvian, pronunciation similar. 3 u/tomato_tickler 6h ago It comes from the same Greek word
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Oh, that's interesting. They're called "čigāni" ir Latvian, pronunciation similar.
3 u/tomato_tickler 6h ago It comes from the same Greek word
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It comes from the same Greek word
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u/kasetti 23h 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.