Social:Grecomans

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Short description: Pejorative term for Southern Slavs, Aromanians and Albanians who self-identify as ethnic Greeks

Grecomans or Graecomans (Greek: Γραικομάνοι, romanized: Graikománoi; Bulgarian: Гъркомани, romanized: Gărkomani; Macedonian: Гркомани, romanized: Grkomani; Romanian: Grecomani; Albanian: Grekomanë; Template:Lang-rup) is a pejorative term used in Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Romania, and Albania to characterize Albanian-,[1] Aromanian-,[2] and Slavic-speaking[3] people, who self-identify as ethnic Greeks. The term generally means "pretending to be a Greek" and implies a non-Greek origin.[4] Another meaning of the term is fanatic Greek.[5] The term is considered highly offensive to the Greek people.[6] The "Grecomans" are regarded as ethnic Greeks in Greece, but as members of originally non-Greek, but subsequently Hellenized minorities, in the neighboring countries.[7]

See also

  • Rum Millet
  • Rise of the nationalism in the Ottoman Empire

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