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cigana — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gypsy noun A member of the Romani people, a traditionally travelling ethnic group.
  • Rom noun A man of the Romani people, especially a married one considered a respected member of the community.
  • romani noun A member of the Roma, a nomadic people originating in modern-day Pakistan or Northwest India and traditionally having an itinerant way of life, living widely dispersed across Europe and speaking a language that is related to Hindi.

Senses

cigana is used for these senses in English:

  • Romani Of or belonging to the Roma people.
  • gypsy (colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
  • hoatzin A bird of the species Opisthocomus hoazin of the order Opisthocomiformes, with claws on the wing fingers of the juvenile and an enlarged crop used as a rumen.

gypsy — full definition

  1. noun A member of the Romani people, a traditionally travelling ethnic group.
  2. adj Relating to a free-spirited, wandering lifestyle, used loosely and figuratively.

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