 Names of the Romani people

The Romani people are also known by a variety of other names; in English as "gypsies" or "gipsies" (seen by some as a slur, as discussed below) and Roma, in Greek as ("gíftoi") or ("tsiggánoi"), in Central and Eastern Europe as "Tsingani" (and variants), in France as "gitans" besides the dated "bohémiens", "manouches", in Italy as "zingari" and "gitani", in Spain as "gitanos", and in Portugal as "ciganos".Self-designation also varies