Grecomans

GrecomansorGraecomans (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-,^[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]