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gitano

noun
a Spanish male Gypsy 
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Gitano 
"gypsy," 1834, from Sp., from V.L. *Ægyptanus "Egyptian." The fem. is gitana. The Fr. form of the fem., gitane, was used as the name of a brand of cigarettes (1933) and has come to be used for Fr. cigarettes generally.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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