Named Groups

Romani People

Ethnic group originating in India and entering Europe in the 14th or 15th century.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Ethnic group originating in India and entering Europe in the 14th or 15th century.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Gipsies
  • Gypsies
  • Roma
  • Romani
  • Romanies
  • Romany
  • Gipsy
  • Gypsy

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, ethnology, genetics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

use this spelling in translations; specify geographic term

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History Note

2026(1979); use ROMA 2016-2025; use GYPSIES 1991-2015, use ETHNIC GROUPS 1979-1990

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Previous Indexing

  • Caucasoid Race (1966-1978)
  • Ethnic Groups (1968-1978)
  • Ethnology (1966-1967)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. M01w.270.984w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Romani People. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006178. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006178
  2. Romani People. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people
  3. Romani People. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8060