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Romanichal
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English
Alternative forms
en Romnichal Rumnichal
Etymology
en :bor rme:Romanichal + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹɒmɪnɪtʃæl/ RP
en /ˈɹɑmɪniˌt͡ʃæl/ GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Romanichal.wav Southern England
Noun
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A member of a Romani people found in the United Kingdom.
en-GB Louise Doughty History repeating w:The Guardian 2008-09-15 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/sep/16/roma.race 0261-3077 "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." https://web.archive.org/web/20220303193948/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/sep/16/roma.race
en-GB Filip Borev I was a pale Roma baby – it's always been a family joke that I was stolen w:The Guardian 2013-10-25 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/25/pale-roma-baby-blond-maria 0261-3077 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20220812055853/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/25/pale-roma-baby-blond-maria
Anagrams
en aachilmnor harmonical monarchial
en Ethnonyms
Angloromani
Alternative forms
rme Romanachil Romanichel Romnichal Rumdichil Rumnichal Rumnichel
Etymology
rme :af Romani chal
From rme Romani Romani chal chap, man; person. Cognate with rmn romacel, rmo romani čel, and rmw romani-čal.
Pronunciation
rme [ˈrəʊməniː ˈt͡ʃæl] [ˈɹɒmnɪt͡ʃaɫ]
Noun
rme noun plural Romanichals
Romani
rme Romani
English Romani
Derived terms
rme Romanichal mush Romanichal rakli Romanichal tikna
Descendants
en Romanichal 1
References
49 http://romani.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/angloromani/dictionary.html?page=49 October 8, 2020
rme Ethnonyms