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by ReptileMan 1258 days ago
Gypsy/roma
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Interesting. What’s the connection?
They are darker skinned than the rest of the population and the word itself is like a generic name for one of them. I guess it is some form of mutation of the Turkish word mangal which is something like barbeque or charcoal
Thanks. Very interesting.