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Grecomans
Grecomans or Graecomans is a pejorative term that generally means "pretending to be a Greek" (implying a non-Greek origin). It is used in Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Romania, and Albania to characterize Albanian-speaking, Aromanian-speaking, and Slavic-speaking people who self-identify as ethnic Greeks. Another meaning of the term is fanatic Greeks. The "Grecomans" are regarded as ethnic Greeks in Greece, but as members of originally non-Greek, but subsequently Hellenized minorities, in the neighboring countries. The historical controversy surrounding such people stems from the fact that during the rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire they used to identify themselves as Romioi, as part of the Rum millet.
Article summary
Grecomans or Graecomans is a pejorative term that generally means "pretending to be a Greek" (implying a non-Greek origin). It is used in Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Romania, and Albania to characterize Albanian-speaking, Aromanian-speaking, and Slavic-speaking people who self-identify as ethnic Greeks. Another meaning of the term is fanatic Greeks. The "Grecomans" are regarded as ethnic Greeks in Greece, but as members of originally non-Greek, but subsequently Hellenized minorities, in the neighboring countries. The historical controversy surrounding such people stems from the fact that during the rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire they used to identify themselves as Romioi, as part of the Rum millet.
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- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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