Gitano
pronunciation
How to pronounce Gitano in British English: UK
How to pronounce Gitano in American English: US
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- Noun:
- a Spanish male Gypsy
Word Origin
- Gitano (n.)
- "gypsy," 1834, from Spanish Gitano (fem. Gitana), from Vulgar Latin *Ægyptanus "Egyptian" (see Gypsy). The fem. is gitana. The French form of the feminine, gitane, was used as the name of a brand of cigarettes (1933) and has come to be used for French cigarettes generally.