Rome

Japanese: roma
Rome

…An alternative name for a minority group of people scattered around the world, mainly in Europe, except for some countries such as Japan. Gypsies themselves call themselves rom, roma (plural), or romanichel. These words mean "human" in their language and have no derogatory connotation, so recently it has become common to call Gypsies Roma or Romany, and to call their language the Romany language. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "roma" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ヨーロッパを主として,日本など一部の国を除く世界各国に散在している少数民族を指す他称(英語)。ジプシー自身は,自分たちのことをロムromとかロマroma(複数形),あるいはロマニチェルromanichelなどといっている。これらは彼らの言葉で〈人間〉を意味し,軽蔑的なニュアンスがまったくないから,最近ではジプシーのことをロマとか,ロマニーRomany,彼らの言葉をロマニー語と呼ぶことが多くなっている。…

※「roma」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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