Gypsy
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Gypsy or gipsy most commonly refers to one of these ethnic groups:
- Roma people, an ethnic group in Southern and Eastern Europe and the Middle East
- Irish Travellers or Pavee, a nomadic people living in Ireland, Great Britain, and the United States
- Sea Gypsies, different peoples of Southeast Asia
- Lyuli, an ethnic group in Central Asia
- Yeniche (people) of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, and Belgium.
Gypsy may also refer to:
- "The Gypsy", a 1945 popular song
- Gypsy: A Musical Fable, a musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee
- Gypsy (1962 film), a film version of the musical starring Rosalind Russell
- "Gypsy" (Fleetwood Mac song)
- Gypsy (elephant), an elephant given to Michael Jackson by Elizabeth Taylor
- Gypsy (comics), a fictional character from DC Comics
- Gypsy (MST3K), a robot character from the TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Gypsy (calypsonian), Winston "Gypsy" Peters, a Trinidad and Tobago calypsonian and politician
- Gypsy (software), the first word processing and document preparation program to use a graphical interface, created 1975 by Xerox.
- Gypsy, West Virginia, USA
- Gypsy Rose Lee (1911-1970), American actress and entertainer, inspiration for the musical
- Gypsy: A Memoir, Lee's book which inspired the musical and film
- Austin Gipsy, a Land Rover like vehicle
Gypsy may also be used for:
- Romani language, the language of the Roma people
- A Black Sabbath song from Technical Ecstasy
- A Luscious Jackson song from Electric Honey
- A Uriah Heep song from Very 'eavy... Very 'umble
- A Dio song from Holy Diver
- "The Gypsy", a Deep Purple song from Stormbringer
- "Band of Gypsys", a Jimi Hendrix album
- "Gypsy Eyes", a Jimi Hendrix song off the album Electric Ladyland
- "Roll Gypsy Roll" A Lynyrd Skynyrd song from the Gimmie Back My Bullets Album.
The Vajda family located in Warwick are known as one of the largest gypsie families in the world.
