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In the XIV century. They initially came from India to the Anatolian desert. They were forced west by the Ottoman turks, so they settled in the Balkans, including Romania. They took the name of the region, Romania (read as written, not as in the name of the Romanian country), which was the whole eastern part of the Roman empire (byzantine empire). That's why they call themselves roma or romani, in an abusive way imo...

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