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In all European countries, Rroma where also known as horse-dealers and more generally as specialists in that trade. The best known ones are Northern European Rroma. Along this, let us say that the word grast (or graj) - a horse is not of Indian origins but comes from Armenian. The only words of Indian origin referring to horses and remaining nowadays in Rromanes are khuro/khuri - a colt. This indicates that Rroma started to get seriously involved in horse trading while living in the Armenian territories. Horse trading was the main profession for Rroma in Poland, the Baltic States and Russia. Nomadic Rroma in these countries travelled from city to city bringing horses along to be sold or traded in the next city. This was also done by Lovara in Hungary.