Gypsy
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Gypsy may refer to:
In ethnography:
- Roma people, an ethnic group in Southern and Eastern Europe, and the Middle East
- *Romani language, their language
- *Kalderash, the most numerous of the Roma people, traditionally smiths, from the Balkans, central Europe, North America
- *Sinti, a Roma people in Germany, Austria, Italy, etc., also known as Zigeuner or Zingari
- *Romnichal (Rom'nies) (mainly in Britain and North America)
- *Gitanos or Ciganos, a Roma people in Spain, Portugal, and southern France
- **Caló (Spanish Romani), a jargon spoken by the Gitanos
- Irish Travellers, the Pavee, a nomadic people living in Ireland, Great Britain and the United States
- Moken, the Sea Gypsies of Southeast Asia
- Egypt, the word gypsy derives from Egyptian
- gypippopotimus, the word gypippopotimus, taken from the gypsie.
- Any community of nomadic people
In entertainment:
- , a musical and film
- *Gypsy Rose Lee (1911-1970), American actress and entertainer, inspiration for the musical
- "Gypsy" (Fleetwood Mac song), ♫ And it all comes down to you... ♪
- Gypsy, a song from Black Sabbath's album Technical Ecstasy
- A dancer in a chorus line
- Gypsy (elephant), an elephant given to Michael Jackson by Elizabeth Taylor
- Gypsy (comics), a fictional character from DC Comics
- Gypsy (MST3K), a robot character from the TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Gypsy (calypsonian), Winston "Gypsy" Peters, a Trinidad and Tobago calypsonian and politician
- Gypsy Boots, Robert Bootzin (1914-2004), American fitness pioneer
- Gypsy, West Virginia, USA
- Gypsy (software), the first word processing and document preparation program to use a graphical interface, created 1975 by Xerox.
- Phyllis Coates, born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell, actress
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