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Re:The Largest Gypsy Ghetto in Europe – Stolipinovo, Bulgari... by emteycz on Sunday November 15, 2020 @04:34PM (#25105104)
Here in Czechia many use the 'vulgar' variant (cikán) themselves. I wouldn't use it in my writing though.
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Re:The Largest Gypsy Ghetto in Europe – Stolipinovo, Bulgari... by malkia on Sunday November 15, 2020 @04:45PM (#25105202)
It's "циганин" (tsiganin, or ciganin) in Bulgaria. But this is now deemed offensive, hence roma.
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Re:The Largest Gypsy Ghetto in Europe – Stolipinovo, Bulgari... by ratww on Sunday November 15, 2020 @07:05PM (#25106291)
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.
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Re:The Largest Gypsy Ghetto in Europe – Stolipinovo, Bulgari... by figomore on Sunday November 15, 2020 @08:47PM (#25107050)
I didn’t know that Brazil had two presidents with Romani origin. According to Wikipedia they are Juscelino Kubitscheck and Washington Luís.
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Re:The Largest Gypsy Ghetto in Europe – Stolipinovo, Bulgari... by vram22 on Sunday November 15, 2020 @06:34PM (#25106061)
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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