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Re: Surname Misirlis
Misirlis is really a Greak name derived from Turkish "misirli" which means "Egyptian" (definitely not Gypsy).
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In fact there is a popular Greek song called...Misirlou ("the girl from Eqgypt"), whose twangy US adaptation bacame the soundtrack of "Pulp Fiction" :)
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