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Zigan

Zigan is the obsolete form of tzigane.

Meaning of tzigane

Noun

tzigane (plural tziganes)

  1. (offensive, sometimes) A Hungarian Gypsy (Romani person).

Forms of Zigan

pluralZigans

Questions about Zigan

What is Zigan the obsolete form of?
Zigan is the obsolete form of tzigane.

Words near Zigan in the dictionary

  1. zigaboos
  2. zigadene
  3. zigadenes
  4. zigamorph
  5. zigamorphs
  6. Zigan
  7. ziganka
  8. zigankas
  9. Zigans
  10. zigeuner
  11. Zigeuner sauce

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Zigan (page history and authors); tzigane (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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