Grecomans

Grecomans or Graecomans (Greek: Γραικομάνοι, romanizedGraikománoi; Bulgarian: Гъркомани, romanizedGărkomani; Macedonian: Гркомани, romanizedGrkomani; Romanian: Grecomani; Albanian: Grekomanë; Aromanian: Gricumanji) is a pejorative term used in Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Romania, and Albania to characterize Albanian-speaking,[1] Aromanian-speaking,[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]

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References

  1. ^ Skendi 1967, p. 67.
  2. ^ Kahl 2002, pp. 145–169.
  3. ^ Karakasidou 1997, p. 106; Mackridge & Yannakakis 1997, p. 148 (Note #11); Nugent 2002, p. 181; Cowan 2000, p. 40; Danforth 1997, pp. 245–246; Kalyvas 2006, p. 312 (Footnote #65); Rossos 2008, p. 145; Brown 2003, p. 82.
  4. ^ Van Boeschoten 2006, pp. 347–377.
  5. ^ "The Macedonian Affair - A Historical Review of the Attempts to Create a Counterfeit Nation (Institute of International and Strategic Studies in Athens, Greece)". Hellenic Resources Network. 1995–2009. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  6. ^ Danforth 1997, p. 221.
  7. ^ Kontogiorgi 2006, pp. 233–234.

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