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  2. Romani people in Albania - Wikipedia

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    The Romani people originate from Northern India, presumably from the northwestern Indian states Rajasthan and Punjab.. The linguistic evidence has indisputably shown that roots of Romani language lie in India: the language has grammatical characteristics of Indian languages and shares with them a big part of the basic lexicon, for example, body parts and daily routines.

  3. History of Albany, New York - Wikipedia

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    The history of Albany, New York, began long before the first interaction of Europeans with the native Indian tribes, as they had long inhabited the area.The area was originally inhabited by an Algonquian Indian tribe, the Mohicans, as well as the Iroquois, five nations of whom the easternmost, the Mohawk, had the closest relations with traders and settlers in Albany.

  4. Romani Americans - Wikipedia

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    Romani Americans ( Romani: romani-amerikani) are Americans who have full or partial Romani ancestry. It is estimated that there are one million Romani people in the United States. Though the Romani population in the United States has largely assimilated into American society, the largest concentrations are in Southern California, the Pacific ...

  5. Gipsy Smith - Wikipedia

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    Epping Forest, London, England. Died. 4 August 1947. (1947-08-04) (aged 87) Atlantic Ocean. Rodney "Gipsy" Smith MBE (31 March 1860 – 4 August 1947) was a British evangelist who conducted evangelistic campaigns in the United States and Great Britain for over 70 years. He was an early member of The Salvation Army and a contemporary of Fanny ...

  6. Romani people - Wikipedia

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    The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani ( / ˈroʊməni / ROH-mə-nee or / ˈrɒməni / ROM-ə-nee) and colloquially known as the Roma ( sg.: Rom ), are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin [71] [72] [73] who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle. Linguistic and genetic evidence suggests that the Romani originated in the Indian ...

  7. Albany Pine Bush - Wikipedia

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    The Albany Pine Bush, referred to locally as the Pine Bush, is one of the largest inland pine barrens in the world. [2] It is centrally located in New York 's Capital District within Albany and Schenectady counties, between the cities of Albany and Schenectady. [2] [3] The Albany Pine Bush was formed thousands of years ago, following the ...

  8. Steamboats of the Willamette River - Wikipedia

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    Sternwheeler Albany on Willamette River, at Albany, Oregon Oswego Lake and Tualatin River. Sucker Lake, later called Oswego Lake, is a large lake south of Portland, about half the distance to Oregon City. (The current Oswego Lake is a larger version of the original lake, formed by a dam on the east end.)

  9. Romanichal - Wikipedia

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    Romanichals ( UK: / ˈrɒmənɪtʃæl / US: /- ni -/; more commonly known as English Gypsies) are a Romani subgroup within the United Kingdom and other parts of the English-speaking world. Most Romanichal speak Angloromani, a mixed language that blends Romani vocabulary with English syntax. Romanichals resident in England, Scotland, and Wales ...