fem. -ala. Pl. -ali. [The name by which the Gitanos of Spain call themselves. Cf. ZINGANO, etc.] A Spanish gipsy.
1842. Borrow, Bible in Spain, ix. The Zincali, Gitános, or Spanish gypsies.
1868. Geo. Eliot, Sp. Gypsy, I. 137. Before you dreamed You were a born Zincala—in the bonds Of the Zincali’s faith.
