Pejorative term for Greek-identifying people
Grecomans orGraecomans (Greek :Γραικομάνοι ,romanized : Graikománoi Bulgarian :Гъркомани ,romanized : Gărkomani Macedonian :Гркомани ,romanized : Grkomani Romanian :Grecomani ;Albanian :Grekomanë ;Aromanian :Gricumanji ) is apejorative term used inBulgaria ,North Macedonia ,Romania , andAlbania to characterizeAlbanian-speaking ,[ 1] Aromanian-speaking ,[ 2] Slavic-speaking [ 3] Greeks . In the region ofMacedonia it appeared during the 19th and early 20th centurynationalist propaganda campaigns and thestruggle for Macedonia .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] fanatic Greeks .[ 7] ethnic Macedonians againstSlavic Macedonians with a Greek identity .[ 8] Greece , but as members of originally non-Greek, but subsequentlyHellenized minorities, in the neighboring countries.[ 9]
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