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  2. Romani people in Albania - Wikipedia

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    The Romani people originate from Northern India, presumably from the northwestern Indian states Rajasthan and Punjab.. The linguistic evidence has indisputably shown that roots of Romani language lie in India: the language has grammatical characteristics of Indian languages and shares with them a big part of the basic lexicon, for example, body parts and daily routines.

  3. History of Albany, New York - Wikipedia

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    The history of Albany, New York, began long before the first interaction of Europeans with the native Indian tribes, as they had long inhabited the area.The area was originally inhabited by an Algonquian Indian tribe, the Mohicans, as well as the Iroquois, five nations of whom the easternmost, the Mohawk, had the closest relations with traders and settlers in Albany.

  4. Mohawk River - Wikipedia

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    The Mohawk River is a 149-mile-long (240 km) [5] river in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest tributary of the Hudson River. The Mohawk flows into the Hudson in Cohoes, New York, a few miles north of the state capital of Albany. [10] The river is named for the Mohawk Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy.

  5. History of Albany, New York (1664–1784) - Wikipedia

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    The history of Albany, New York from 1664 to 1784 begins with the English takeover of New Netherland and ends with the ratification of the Treaty of Paris by the Congress of the Confederation in 1784, ending the Revolutionary War . When New Netherland was captured by the English in 1664, the name Beverwijck was changed to Albany, in honor of ...

  6. Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven - Wikipedia

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    Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven (Russian: Табор уходит в небо, romanized: Tabor ukhodit v nebo, lit. "The Gypsy camp goes to heaven"; also known as Queen of the Gypsies ) is a 1975 Soviet romantic drama film by Emil Loteanu , loosely based on short stories " Makar Chudra " and " Old Izergil " by Maxim Gorky .

  7. Romani people - Wikipedia

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    The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani ( / ˈroʊməni / ROH-mə-nee or / ˈrɒməni / ROM-ə-nee) and colloquially known as the Roma ( sg.: Rom ), are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin [71] [72] [73] who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle. Linguistic and genetic evidence suggests that the Romani originated in the Indian ...

  8. Romanichal - Wikipedia

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    The Romanichal ( UK: / ˈrɒmənɪtʃæl / US: /- ni -/; more commonly known as English Gypsies) are a Romani subgroup within the United Kingdom and other parts of the English-speaking world. Most Romanichal speak Angloromani, a mixed language that blends Romani vocabulary with English syntax. Romanichal resident in England, Scotland, and Wales ...

  9. Albany, New York - Wikipedia

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    Albany is the tenth-oldest state capital in the United States and the second-oldest city that is a state capital, after Santa Fe, New Mexico. 1800 to 1942 This 1895 map of Albany shows the gridded block system as it expanded around the former turnpikes. Albany has been a center of transportation for much of its history.