Roma

E1507

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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Roma canonical 143
Vlax Roma 3
Opre Roma 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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
linked to: Gypsies

Cigano
linked to: Gypsies

Cigány
Gipsies
linked to: Gypsies

Gitan
Gitano
linked to: Gypsies

Gypsies
Romani people
linked to: Gypsies

Tsigane
linked to: Gypsies

Zigeuner
hasOrganization European Roma Rights Centre
International Romani Union
Roma Education Fund
hasSubgroup Kalderash
Lovari
Manush
Romanichal
linked to: Gypsies

Sinti
Vlax Roma
linked to: 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
linked to: South Asia

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (148)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Holocaust victimGroup Roma
Roma hasSubgroup Vlax Roma
linked to: Roma
Roma hasAutonym Roma
Treblinka victimGroup Roma
Balkans hasEthnicGroup Roma
Kalderash relatedGroup Vlax Roma
linked to: Roma
Belzec victimGroup Roma
Porajmos victimGroup Roma
Chełmno extermination camp victimGroup Roma
subject linked to: Chelmno
Majdanek victimGroup Roma
Gelem Gelem hasAlternativeName Opre Roma
linked to: Roma
Romani selfDesignation Roma
Romani subgroup Vlax Roma
linked to: Roma
Sinte relatedTerm Roma
Nazism targetsGroup Roma
A.S. Roma shortName Roma
International Romani Union hasEthnicGroup Roma
subject linked to: IRU
Roma people ethnonym Roma
Southern Slovakia historicallyInhabitedBy Roma
subject linked to: southern Slovakia
European Roma Rights Centre focusPopulation Roma
subject linked to: ERRC
Rrom hasVariantSpelling Rom
linked to: Roma
Rrom hasVariantSpelling Roma
Northern Slovakia ethnicMinority Roma
subject linked to: northern Slovakia