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Romanichal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɒmɪnɪtʃæl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɹɑmɪniˌt͡ʃæl/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Angloromani Romanichal.

Meanings

1. A member of a Romani people found in the United Kingdom.
   • "We're just going to fade away," a Romanichal man told me at the Barnet Horse Fair, as recently as 1993. "It's all going to go." 2008 September 15, Louise Doughty, “History repeating”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2022:
   • My genes would best be described as a melting pot – my mother is part Bulgarian Roma, part Romanichal (English Romany), and my dad is part Romanichal, part Irish Traveller – thus, it was hardly surprising when I was born a blue-eyed milk bottle. 2013 October 25, Filip Borev, “I was a pale Roma baby – it's always been a family joke that I was stolen”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2022:

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