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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. 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 ...

  5. Bede people - Wikipedia

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    Bede people. Bede (famine: Bedeni) or Bedey, also known as Manta, is an Indo-Aryan nomadic ethnic group of Bangladesh. [1] The Bede traditionally live, travel, and earn their living on the river, which has given them the name of "Water Gypsy" or "River Gypsy". [2] Bedes are similar to European gypsies. [3]

  6. Albany, New York - Wikipedia

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    Albany is the tenth-oldest state capital in the United States and the second-oldest city that is a state capital, after Santa Fe, New Mexico. 1800 to 1942 This 1895 map of Albany shows the gridded block system as it expanded around the former turnpikes. Albany has been a center of transportation for much of its history.

  7. Romani society and culture - Wikipedia

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    1552 woodcut of a Romani family. The Romani people are a distinct ethnic and cultural group of peoples living all across the globe, who share a family of languages and sometimes a traditional nomadic mode of life. [1] Though their exact origins were unclear [2]. Recent studies show Kashmir in Northwest India is the most probable point of origin ...

  8. Romani diaspora - Wikipedia

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    Population by country. This is a table of Romani people by country. The list does include the Dom people, who are often subsumed under "gypsies".. The official number of Romani people is disputed in many countries; some do not collect data by ethnicity; in others, Romani individuals may refuse to register their ethnic identity for fear of discrimination, or have assimilated and do not identify ...

  9. 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 ...