A member of the Germanic-speaking ethnic group which developed in the Zips region of Upper Hungary (now Slovakia) beginning in the 13th century, and subsequently settled also in northern Romani, Bukovina, MaramureČ™, Transylvania, and ultimately Germany.
Origin
From German Zipser, from Zips.
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