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Originally Posted by Mynydd
In Spain they are called Gitanos as a corruption of Egipcianos, as they were believed to come from Egypt. Apparently they arrived in Spain via North Africa, unlike Gypsies in Central and Eastern Europe.
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As far as I know, there are 3 tribes of gypsies - Gitanos as you mentioned, Roma and Sinths, here we have Roma gypsies, it was also believed that they came from Egypt. Anyway, I never was much interested from where they came and what their origin is, for me a gypsy is a gypsy.