For the Spanish footballer nicknamed 'Cani', see Rubén Gracia.

Cañí is a Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 adjective

Adjective

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, which refers to the Gypsy race. It may also refer to:

• La España cañí, a set phrase that refers to folkloric Spain
  Spain
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   and is sometimes used derogatorily.
• España Cañí
  España Cañí
  España Cañí is a famous instrumental Spanish piece of pasodoble music by Pascual Marquina Narro . The song was written around 1925...
  
  , meaning Gypsy Spain, a Spanish pasodoble
  Pasodoble
  Pasodoble is a typical dance from Spain march-like musical style as well as the corresponding dance style danced by a couple. It is the type of music typically played in bullfights during the bullfighters' entrance to the ring or during the passes just before the kill...
  
   often paid at bullfights
  Bullfighting
  Bullfighting is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, southern France and some Latin American countries , in which one or more bulls are baited in a bullring for sport and entertainment...
  
  , and also known as the Spanish Gypsy Dance.

It is not to be mistaken with cani, a violent urban tribe of Spain. Note that in Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 n and ñ are two different consonants with different pronunciation.

On a related note, cani has been defined by Anthony Robbins in his "Personal Power" book as an acronym for "constant and never-ending improvement", as an English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 version of the Japan

Japan

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ese word "Kaizen

Kaizen

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", meaning "continuous improvement", also known in Korea

Korea

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n as "Do".