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[Facts] Zigana
Does Zigana mean 'gypsy'? (checking because the source I got it from is not so reliable) Does anyone know anything about its usage?Thanks!

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It is also the name of a mountain range in Turkey, which is interesting because I kept seeing it on name sites as being a Turkish name. I didn't place much trust in those sites though.

This message was edited 11/16/2007, 1:54 PM

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Thanks :)Since all kinds of words in other languages are so similar, I'll assume the meaning 'gypsy' is right. I'd still like to know about the usage, and especially if gypsies themselves would have used this as a name.
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It seems a reespelling of the English word tzigane, "gypsy", from the French tsigane and that from the Hungarian cigány.
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Well, in Croatian the word for gypsy is 'ciganin' and female 'ciganka', so if this is read like German, it looks like these words.
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Well, Zigeuner does! But I agree, it's not a good enough match for me to feel confident.Where did you find it ... any clues there?
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That's why I did find it credibleIt looks a lot like Zigeuner.
No clues, I remember reading it in my not-so-reliable namebook, it just stated: Zigana, female, means 'gypsy'.
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