Egyptians

historic term referring to Romani peoples in use from the sixteenth century. The term arose from the incorrect belief that Romani Gypsies had come from either Egypt or the Peloponnese peninsula known as “little Egypt”. The term “Egyptian” was the source of the later term “gypsy” sometimes used to describe Romani and Traveller groups.

More information on the origin of this term is available through Our Migration Story and The Traveller Movement.