Romany

/ ˈrəʊ-; ˈrɒmənɪ /

noun

1. -nies-nis
   1. another name for a Gypsy
   2. ( as modifier )

      Romany customs

2. the language of the Gypsies, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family, but incorporating extensive borrowings from local European languages. Most of its 250 000 speakers are bilingual. It is extinct in Britain

Word History and Origins

Origin of Romany¹

C19: from Romany romani (adj) Gypsy, ultimately from Sanskrit domba man of a low caste of musicians, of Dravidian origin

Example Sentences

Your daughter Romany appears on “Luck and Strange,” and now she’s touring in your band.

From Los Angeles Times

The family talent stretches to daughter Romany Gilmour, whose youthful, pure voice and persona has a lovely gravitas, as exemplified on the new song “Between Two Points.”

From Los Angeles Times

Romany Williams is a writer, editor and stylist based on Vancouver Island, Canada.

From Los Angeles Times

His father was a blacksmith who received work from a nearby Romany camp and scrap metal yard.

From BBC

The Traveller Movement, which advocates for Gypsies, Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers, also "noted the contrast between the response of the Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom".

From BBC