Roma

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ethnic group minority group transnational ethnic group

The Roma are a traditionally nomadic ethnic group originating from the Indian subcontinent and living mainly in Europe, long subjected to persecution and discrimination, including mass murder during the Holocaust.

Aliases (3)

Vlax Roma ×3
Opre Roma ×1
Rom ×1

Statements (96)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group → minority group → transnational ethnic group →
alsoLivesIn	Americas → Middle East → North Africa →
commemorates	International Roma Day →
contributedTo	Balkan music → Hungarian folk music → flamenco → jazz manouche →
culturalTradition	crafts → dance → music → oral storytelling →
facesIssue	hate crime → housing segregation → low educational attainment → poverty → social exclusion → unemployment →
hasAnthem	Gelem Gelem →
hasAutonym	Roma →
hasColor	blue and green flag →
hasDiaspora	Argentina → Australia → Brazil → Canada → Chile → Mexico → United Kingdom → United States →
hasExonym	Cigan → Cigano → Cigány → Gipsies → Gitan → Gitano → Gypsies → Romani people → Tsigane → Zigeuner →
hasOrganization	European Roma Rights Centre → International Romani Union → Roma Education Fund →
hasSubgroup	Kalderash → Lovari → Manush → Romanichal → Sinti → Vlax Roma → Xoraxane Roma →
hasSymbol	Romani flag → chakra wheel on flag →
InternationalRomaDay	8 April →
killedDuring	Holocaust →
languageFamily	Indo-Aryan languages →
largestPopulationsIn	Bulgaria → France → Hungary → Italy → Romania → Russia → Serbia → Slovakia → Spain → Turkey →
mainlyLivesIn	Europe →
originatesFrom	Indian subcontinent → northern India →
persecutedDuring	World War II →
populationEstimate	over 10 million →
protectedBy	international human rights law →
protectedCategory	ethnic minority →
recognizedAs	indigenous to Europe by some organizations → national minority in many European countries →
recognizedBy	Council of Europe → European Union →
religion	Christianity → Islam → other local religions →
speaks	Romani language → languages of host countries → various Romani dialects →
subjectOf	anti-Gypsyism → racist stereotypes →
subjectTo	anti-Roma violence → discrimination → forced assimilation policies → persecution → segregation →
traditionalLifestyle	itinerant → nomadic →
victimOf	Holocaust → Nazi genocide → Porajmos →

Referenced by (54)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Babi Yar massacre → Belzec → Chełmno extermination camp → Holocaust → Majdanek → Porajmos → Treblinka →	victimGroup
Balkans → Bačka → International Romani Union → Yugoslavia →	hasEthnicGroup
Der Stürmer → Order Police battalions → Stara Gradiška concentration camp →	targetedGroup
German occupation of Poland → Jasenovac concentration camp → Operation Reinhard →	victim
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina → Transylvania →	ethnicGroup
Rrom ("Rom") → Rrom →	hasVariantSpelling
Hungary in World War II → Nazi occupation of the Netherlands →	persecutedGroup
Łódź Ghetto →	containsPopulation
Independent State of Croatia →	discriminatedAgainst
District of Lublin →	ethnicGroupPersecuted
Northern Slovakia →	ethnicMinority
Roma people →	ethnonym
European Roma Rights Centre →	focusPopulation
Gelem Gelem ("Opre Roma") →	hasAlternativeName
Roma →	hasAutonym
Western Ukraine →	hasMinority
Tulcea →	hasMinorityCommunities
Sighetu Marmației →	hasMinorityCommunity
Ružomberok →	hasMinorityLanguage
Peć →	hasMinorityPopulation
Roma ("Vlax Roma") →	hasSubgroup
Bukovina →	historicalEthnicGroup
Southern Slovakia →	historicallyInhabitedBy
Netflix, Inc. →	notableOriginalWorks
Gypsies →	oftenContrastedWith
General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland) →	populationGroupTargeted
Plaszow concentration camp →	prisonerPopulationIncludes
Sinti →	relatedEthnicGroup
Kalderash ("Vlax Roma") →	relatedGroup
Sinte →	relatedTerm
Gypsies →	replacedByPreferredTerm
Romani →	selfDesignation
Horahane Roma →	selfIdentification
A.S. Roma →	shortName
Romani ("Vlax Roma") →	subgroup
European Roma Rights Centre →	targetGroup
NaziRacialPolicy →	targetsAsRacialEnemy
Nazism →	targetsGroup