Grecomans

Grecomans

Grecomans

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; 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. In the region of Macedonia it appeared during the 19th and early 20th century nationalist propaganda campaigns and the struggle for Macedonia.[4][5] The term generally means "pretending to be a Greek" and implies a non-Greek origin.[6] Another meaning of the term is fanatic Greeks.[7] The term has been also employed by ethnic Macedonians against Slavic Macedonians with a Greek identity.[8] The "Grecomans" are regarded as ethnic Greeks in Greece, but as members of originally non-Greek, but subsequently Hellenized minorities, in the neighboring countries.[9]

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References

  1. Skendi 1967, pp. 151, 309.
  2. Kahl 2002, p. 151.
  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. Ivo Banac (1984). The National Question in Yugoslavia: Origins, History, Politics,. Cornell University Press. p. 313. ISBN 0801494931.
  5. Vermeulen, Hans (1984). "Greek cultural dominance among the Orthodox population of Macedonia during the last period of Ottoman rule". In Blok, Anton; Driessen, Henk (eds.). Cultural Dominance in the Mediterranean Area. Nijmegen: Katholieke Universiteit. pp. 225–255.
  6. Kontogiorgi 2006, pp. 233–234.

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