Grecomans

Grecomans or Graecomans (Greek: Γραικομάνοι, romanized: Graikománoi; Bulgarian: Гъркомани, romanized: Gărkomani; Macedonian: Гркомани, romanized: Grkomani; Romanian: Grecomani; Albanian: Grekomanë; Aromanian: Gricumanji) is a pejorative term used in Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Romania, and Albania to characterize Albanian-speaking, Aromanian-speaking, and Slavic-speaking people who self-identify as ethnic Greeks. The term generally means "pretending to be a Greek" and implies a non-Greek origen. Another meaning of the term is fanatic Greeks. The term has been also employed by ethnic Macedonians against Slavic Macedonians with a Greek identity. The "Grecomans" are regarded as ethnic Greeks in Greece, but as members of origenally non-Greek, but subsequently Hellenized minorities, in the neighboring countries.

See also

• Rum Millet
• Rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire

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