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The Aromanians in Greece ( rup, Armãnji tu Gãrtsii; el, Βλάχοι/Αρμάνοι στην Ελλάδα) are an Aromanian ethno-linguistic group native in
Epirus sq, Epiri rup, Epiru , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = Historical region , image_map = Epirus antiquus tabula.jpg , map_alt = , map_caption = Map of ancient Epirus by Heinrich ...
,
Thessaly Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thes ...
and
Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...
and
Central Macedonia Central Macedonia ( el, Κεντρική Μακεδονία, Kentrikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece, consisting of the central part of the geographical and historical region of Macedonia. With a populat ...
, in
Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
. In the country, they are commonly known as "
Vlachs "Vlach" ( or ), also "Wallachian" (and many other variants), is a historical term and exonym used from the Middle Ages until the Modern Era to designate mainly Romanians but also Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians, Istro-Romanians and other Easter ...
" (Βλάχοι, Vláchoi) and referred to as "Vlachophone Greeks" or "Vlach-speaking Greeks", because most Aromanians in Greece have a
Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
identity and identify themselves with the Greek nation and culture.


Culture

The Aromanians of Greece count with the
Panhellenic Federation of Cultural Associations of Vlachs The Panhellenic Federation of Cultural Associations of Vlachs ( el, Πανελλήνια Ομοσπονδία Πολιτιστικών Συλλόγων Βλάχων, Panellínia Énosi Politistikón Syllógon Vlachón Elládos) is an organizatio ...
, a cultural organization of Aromanians.


Music


Cuisine


List of settlements

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Delvinaki Delvinaki ( el, Δελβινάκι) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an a ...
* Kefalovryso ''( rup, Migidei, Migidea)'' *
Igoumenitsa Igoumenitsa ( el, Ηγουμενίτσα, ) is a coastal city in northwestern Greece. It is the capital of the regional unit of Thesprotia. Igoumenitsa is the chief port of Thesprotia and Epirus, and one of the largest passenger ports of Greece, ...
* Paramythia'' ( rup, Pãrmãthia, Pãrmãthii)'' *
Filiates Filiates ( el, Φιλιάτες; ) is a town and a municipality in Thesprotia, Greece. It is located in the northernmost part of the regional unit, bordering western Ioannina regional unit and southern Albania. Name The region of Filiates was kno ...
* Arta *
Vovousa Vovousa ( el, Βοβούσα or Βωβούσα; rup, Bãiasa, or ) is a village and a former community in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Zagori, of which it is ...
''( rup, Baiesa, Baiasa)'' * Smenos * Asproklisi * Anilio ''( rup, Nkiare, Chiarã)'' * Armata *
Avdella Avdella ( el, Αβδέλλα; rup, Avdhela) is a village and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Grevena (regional unit), Grevena regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it ha ...
''( rup, Avdhella)'' *
Distrato Distrato ( el, Δίστρατο, rup, Briaza) is a village and a former community in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situate ...
''( rup, Briaza)'' *
Doliana Doliana ( el, Δολιανά) is a community of the municipality North Kynouria, in eastern Arcadia, Greece. It consists of the villages Kato Doliana, Ano Doliana, Dragouni, Kouvlis, Prosilia and Rouneika.Elatochori Elatochori ( el, Ελατοχώρι) is a village and a community of the Katerini municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Pierioi, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census recorded 533 ...
* Elefthero * Flampourari *
Fourka Fourka ( el, Φούρκα, rup, Furka) is a village and a former community in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Konitsa, of which it is a municipal unit. The munic ...
'' ( rup, Furka)'' * Fteri *
Grevena Grevena ( el, Γρεβενά, ''Grevená'', , rup, Grebini) is a town and municipality in Western Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the Grevena regional unit. The town's current population is 13,374 citizens (2011). It lies about from Athe ...
''( rup, Grebini)'' * Greveniti ''( rup, Grebinishi)'' * Iliochori ''( rup, Dobrinovo)'' * Kalarites * Tzoumerkon * Kaminia *
Kastaniani Kastaniani ( el, Καστάνιανη meaning "chestnut tree") is a mountain village in the Ioannina regional unit in northern Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Mastorochoria. It is situated in the northern Pindus mountains, near the lef ...
* Kipourio *
Konitsa Konitsa ( el, Κόνιτσα; see also names in other languages) is a town of Ioannina in Epirus, Greece. It is located north of the capital Ioannina and near the Albanian border. Northeast of Konitsa lies a group of villages known as the Zagoro ...
''( rup, Conita)'' *
Kranea Kranea ( el, Κρανέα) is a village and a former community in the Preveza regional unit, Epirus, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern ti ...
''( rup, Turia)'' * Laista ''( rup, Laka)'' *
Makrino Makrino ( el, Μακρίνο, rup, Macrinu) is a village and a Communities and Municipalities of Greece, community of the Zagori, Zagori municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of East Zagori, of whic ...
* Matsouki * Megali Kerasia *
Metsovo Metsovo ( el, Μέτσοβο; rup, Aminciu) is a town in Epirus, in the mountains of Pindus in northern Greece, between Ioannina to the west and Meteora to the east. The largest centre of Aromanian (Vlach) life in Greece, Metsovo is a large re ...
''( rup, Aminciu)'' * Milea ''( rup, Ameru)'' * Mouria * Nea Zoi ''( rup, Burshan)'' * Orthovouni * Palaioselli *
Panagia Panagia ( el, Παναγία, fem. of , + , the ''All-Holy'', or the ''Most Holy''; pronounced ) (also transliterated Panaghia or Panajia), in Medieval and Modern Greek, is one of the titles of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern ...
* Parakalamos *
Pefki Pefki ( el, Πεύκη, , meaning "pine", before 1959: Μαγκουφάνα - ''Magkoufana'', ) is a suburb in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lykovr ...
* Perivoli ''( rup, Pirivoli)'' *
Pertouli Pertouli is a small mountain village within the province of Trikala in Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is loca ...
* Pirra *
Samarina Samarina ( el, Σαμαρίνα, rup, Samarina, Xamarina, San Marina) is a village and a former municipality in Grevena regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Grevena, of whic ...
''( rup, Samarina, Xamarina, San Marina)'' *
Skamneli Skamneli ( el, Σκαμνέλι) is a village in the Zagori region ( Epirus region), 54 km north of Ioannina. It is built in the fringes of mountain Tymfi (Mt Tymphe), at a height of 1160 m. Name The name "Skamneli" is of uncertain origi ...
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Smixi Smixi ( el, Σμίξη, rup, Zmixi) is an Aromanian village and a former community in Grevena regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Grevena, of which it is a municipal unit. ...
'' ( rup, Zmixi) '' * Syrrako'' ( rup, Siracu)'' *
Tsepelovo Tsepelovo ( el, Τσεπέλοβο) is a village in the Zagori region (Epirus region). It stands at a height of 1,200 meters in a panoramic location on the mountain range of Tymfi. It is the biggest of the 45 villages of Zagori and it was the seat ...
* Tristeno * Trygona * Vasiliko *
Vissani Vissani ( el, Βήσσανη Ιωαννίνων) is a village in the municipal unit of Delvinaki, Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. It is situated in the mountainous Pogoni area near the Albanian border, at 750 m above sea level. A small ...
* Votonossi *
Vovousa Vovousa ( el, Βοβούσα or Βωβούσα; rup, Bãiasa, or ) is a village and a former community in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Zagori, of which it is ...
''( rup, Baieasa)'' * Vrysochori ''( rup, Leshnitsa)'' *
Aetomilitsa Aetomilitsa ( el, Αετομηλίτσα, before 1927: Δέντσικο - ''Dentsiko'', rup, Densko, Denicko) is a village in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Koni ...
''( rup, Densko, Denicko)'' *
Argos Orestiko Argos Orestiko ( el, Άργος Ορεστικό, , Orestean Argos, before 1926: Χρούπιστα - ''Chroupista''; rup, Hrupishte) is a town and a former municipality in the Kastoria regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government refo ...
''( rup, Hrupistea)'' * Dendrohori * Fousia ''( rup, Fusa)'' *
Grammos Gramos ( sq, Gramoz, Mali i Gramozit; rup, Gramosta, Gramusta; el, Γράμος or Γράμμος) is a mountain range on the border of Albania and Greece. The mountain is part of the northern Pindus mountain range. Its highest peak, at the ...
''( rup, Gramosta)'' *
Ieropigi Ieropigi ( el, Ιεροπηγή, before 1927: Κοστενέτσι - ''Kostenetsi'') is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The Greek census (1920) recorded 563 people in the village. Following the Greek-Turkish population e ...
* Kleisoura ''( rup, Klisura, Vlahokleisura)'' * Linotopion ''( rup, Linatopia, Lintopia, Linotopea, Linutopia)'' * Milohorion * Veterniko *
Vlasti Vlasti ( el, Βλάστη, before 1927: Βλάτση - ''Vlatsi'', rup, Blatsa) is a village and a community of the Eordaia municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was an independent community. The 2011 census recorded 274 inhabi ...
''( rup, Blatsa)''


Macedonia

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Agios Germanos Agios Germanos, ( el, Άγιος Γερμανός), is a village in the Prespes Municipality in West Macedonia, Greece. Agios Germanos is located at an altitude of approximately 1,100 meters (3,606 feet), on a hillside, part of the Varnoundas Mou ...
* Drosopigi ''( rup, Belkamen)'' * Flampouro *
Kallithea Kallithea (Greek: Καλλιθέα, meaning "beautiful view") is a district of Athens and a municipality in south Athens regional unit. It is the eighth largest municipality in Greece (96,118 inhabitants, 2021 census) and the fourth biggest i ...
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Krystallopigi Krystallopigi ( el, Κρυσταλλοπηγή) is a former community in Florina regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Prespes, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal ...
''( rup, Belkamen)'' * Medovon * Milohorion * Moschochori *
Lechovo Lechovo ( el, Λέχοβο), renamed as ''Iroiko'' ( el, Ηρωϊκό) between 1955-1956, is a village and a former community in Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipal ...
* Nymfeo ''( rup, Nevesca)'' *
Patima Sousta ( gr, Σούστα, links=no) is a Greek dances, Greek folk dance, performed at weddings as an activity of courtship between husband and wife. It originates from Ancient Greece, and holds prominence in Dodecanese, Dodecanese Islands, and b ...
''( rup, Paticina)'' * Pili *
Vlasti Vlasti ( el, Βλάστη, before 1927: Βλάτση - ''Vlatsi'', rup, Blatsa) is a village and a community of the Eordaia municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was an independent community. The 2011 census recorded 274 inhabi ...
''( rup, Blatsa)'' * Vrontero *
Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...
''( rup, Sãruna, Sãrunã)'' *
Kozani Kozani ( el, Κοζάνη, ) is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani (regional unit), Kozani regional unit and of Western Macedonia. It is located in the western part of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmona ...
''( rup, Cojani)'' *
Kavala Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnat ...
* Ano Poroia ''( rup, Foroi)'' * Irakleia ''( rup, Giumala de Jos)'' * Agios Pavlos * Ano Grammatiko ''( rup, Grãmãticuva)'' * Ano Vermio ''( rup, Selia de Sus)'' * Kato Vermio ''( rup, Selia de Jos)'' * Kedrona ''( rup, Candruva)'' * Naousa ''( rup, Niagushti)'' * Polla Nera *
Seli Kato Vermio-Seli ( el, Κάτω Βέρμιο, before 1926: Κάτω Σέλι - ''Kato Seli'', rup, Selia de Jos) is, primarily, an Aromanian (Vlach) Greek village and a community of the Veria municipality. Since the 2001 local government reform ...
''( rup, Selia)'' * Stenimachos ''( rup, Isashcovedo)'' *
Veria Veria ( el, Βέροια or Βέρροια), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Berea or Berœa, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of I ...
''( rup, Veryia)'' * Megala Livadia ''( rup, Livadzi, Calive)'' * Xirolivado ''( rup, Xiralivadi)''


Thessaly and Mount Olympus

* Larissa regional unit *
Farsala Farsala ( el, Φάρσαλα), known in Antiquity as Pharsalos ( grc, Φάρσαλος, la, Pharsalus), is a city in southern Thessaly, in Greece. Farsala is located in the southern part of Larissa regional unit, and is one of its largest towns. ...
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Trikala Trikala ( el, Τρίκαλα; rup, Trikolj) is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios. According to the Greek National Stati ...
''( rup, Trikolj)'' *
Kalabaka Kalabaka ( el, Καλαμπάκα, ''Kalabáka'', alternative transliterations are ''Kalambaka'' and ''Kalampaka'') is a town and seat of the municipality of Meteora in the Trikala regional unit, part of Thessaly in Greece. The population was ...
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Volos Volos ( el, Βόλος ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the sixth most populous city of Greece, and the capital of the Magnesia regional unit ...
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Almyros Almyros or Halmyros ( el, Αλμυρός, , , ) is a town and a municipality of the regional unit of Magnesia, region of Thessaly, Greece. It lies in the center of prosperous fertile plain known as 'Krokio Pedio', which is crossed by torrents. Alm ...
'' ( rup, Armiro)'' * Anthotopos ''( rup, Kililaiu)'' * Makrychori * Mikri Perivoli ''( rup, Taktalasman)'' * Neriada ''( rup, Kerminli)'' *
Parapotamos Parapotamos ( el, Παραπόταμος, before 1928: Βάρφανη - ''Varfani'') is a village and a former municipality in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Igoumenitsa, of which ...
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Sesklo Sesklo ( el, Σέσκλο; rup, Seshklu) is a village in Greece that is located near Volos, a city located within the municipality of Aisonia. The municipality is located within the regional unit of Magnesia that is located within the administ ...
''( rup, Sheshklu)'' *
Tyrnavos Tyrnavos ( el, Τύρναβος) is a municipality in the Larissa regional unit, of the Thessaly region of Greece. It is the second-largest town of the Larissa regional unit, after Larissa. The town is near the mountains and the Thessalian Plain. ...
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Velestino Velestino ( el, Βελεστίνο; rup, Velescir) is a town in the Magnesia regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality Rigas Feraios. Location It is situated at elevation on a hillside, at the southeastern end o ...
''( rup, Velescir)'' * Vlachogiano *
Argyropouli Argyropouli ( el, Αργυροπούλι, , rup, Caragioli) is an Aromanian (Vlach) village and a community of the Tyrnavos municipality. The 2011 census recorded 1,667 inhabitants in the village and 1,670 inhabitants in the municipal unit. The ...
''( rup, Karajoli, Caragioli)'' * Falana * Karitsa *
Kokkinopilos Kokkinopilos ( el, Κοκκινοπηλός, ) is an Aromanian village and a community of the Elassona municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Olympos. The 2011 census recorded 125 inhabitants i ...
* Leivadi * Rodia *
Agia Paraskevi Agia Paraskevi ( el, Αγία Παρασκευή, ''Agía Paraskeví'') is a suburb and a municipality in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. It is part of the North Athens regional unit. Agia Paraskevi was named after the ...
* Amarantos * Ampelochori * Anthousa * Chrysomilea * Dessi * Gardiki * Glykomilea * Haliki * Kastania * Katafyto * Klino *
Korydallos Korydallos ( el, Κορυδαλλός; Latin: ''Corydallus'') is a municipality in the Piraeus regional unit, Greece. It is a suburb of Piraeus. Geography Korydallos is situated southeast of the mountain Aegaleo. It is located 7 km west of c ...
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Malakasi Malakasi ( el, Μαλακάσι) is a village and a former municipality in the Trikala regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Meteora, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal u ...
* Vlachava ;Aetolia-Acarnania *
Agrinio Agrinio (Greek: Αγρίνιο, , Latin: ''Agrinium'') is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 106,053 inhabitants. It is the economical center of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its capi ...
* Gouriotissa *
Stratos, Greece Stratos ( el, Στράτος, la, Stratus) is a settlement in central Aetolia-Acarnania, Western Greece. It is best known for its impressive remains of the namesake ancient Greek city and capital of Acarnania, which lie on a hillside about 500m& ...
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Xiromero Xiromero municipality ( el, Δήμος Ξηρομέρου) is a municipality in the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit, West Greece region, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Astakos. Its borders do not coincide with the historical regi ...
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Agrampela, Aetolia-Acarnania Agrampela (, rup, Dajianda) is an Aromanian (Vlach) village and a community of the Xiromero municipality. Since the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality Astakos, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census recor ...
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Palaiomanina Palaiomanina (, rup, Cutsombina) is an Aromanian (Vlach) village and a community of the Xiromero municipality. Since the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality Astakos, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census ...
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Strongylovouni Strongylovouni (, rup, Sturnari) is an Aromanian (Vlach) village and a community of the Xiromero municipality.


Notable Aromanians from modern Greece


Academics

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Anastasios Pichion Anastasios Pichion ( el, Αναστάσιος Πηχιών) or Picheon (Πηχεών) (1836 – 24 March 1913) was a Greek of Aromanian descent who was an educator and revolutionary of the Macedonian Struggle. Biography He was born in Ohrid dur ...
, educator, fighter in the
Greek Struggle for Macedonia Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...


Art and literature

* Yanaki Manaki (1878-1954) - photography and cinema pioneer * Milton Manaki (1882-1964) - photography and cinema pioneer


Military

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Konda Bimbaša Konda Bimbaša ( sr-cyr, Конда Бимбаша, March 1804–d. May/June 1807) was a mercenary in Alija Gušanac's Dahije detachment in the Sanjak of Smederevo who switched sides to the Serb rebels during the First Serbian Uprising, proclaimed ...
(1770-1813) - Serbian revolutionary *
Giorgakis Olympios ro, Iordache Olimpiotul , birth_date = 1772 , death_date = , birth_place = Livadi, Larissa, Ottoman Empire , death_place = Neamț, Moldavia , image = Georgakis Olympios Greek Fighter.JPG , image_size = 180 , Nickname = , bir ...
(1772-1821) -
armatolos The armatoles ( el, αρματολοί, armatoloi; sq, armatolë; rup, armatoli; bs, armatoli), or armatole in singular ( el, αρματολός, armatolos; sq, armatol; rup, armatol; bs, armatola), were Christian irregular soldiers, or mi ...
and military commander during the
Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted by ...
* Mitre the Vlach (1873-1907) - IMRO commander


Philanthropy

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Georgios Sinas Georgios Sinas ( el, Γεώργιος Σίνας, german: Georg Sina; 20 November 1783 – 18 May 1856) was a Greek- Austrian entrepreneur and banker. He became a national benefactor of Greece and was the father of another Greek national benefacto ...
(1783-1856) - businessman *
Evangelis Zappas Evangelos or Evangelis Zappas ( el, Ευάγγελος or ; ro, Evanghelie Zappa; 23 August 1800 – 19 June 1865) was a Greek patriot, philanthropist and businessman who spent most of his life in Romania. He is recognized today as one of the ...
(1800-1865) - businessman * Konstantinos Zappas (1814-1892) - benefactor *
Simon Sinas Simon von Sina or Simon Sinas ( el, Σίμων Σίνας; 1810–1876) was a Greece, Greek-Austrian banker, aristocrat, benefactor and diplomat. He was one of the most important benefactors of the Greek nation together with Georgios Sinas. Biogr ...
(1810-1876) - businessman *
George Averoff George M. Averoff (15 August 1815, Metsovo – 15 July 1899, Alexandria), alternately Jorgos Averof or Georgios Averof (in Greek: Γεώργιος Αβέρωφ), was a businessman and philanthropist. He is one of the great national benefactors o ...
(1818-1899) - businessman and philanthropist


Politics

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Rigas Feraios Rigas Feraios ( el, Ρήγας Φεραίος , sometimes ''Rhegas Pheraeos''; rup, Riga Fereu) or Velestinlis (Βελεστινλής , also transliterated ''Velestinles''); 1757 – 24 June 1798), born as Antonios Rigas Velestinlis ( el ...
(1757-1798), writer, political thinker and revolutionary (possible Aromanian origin) *
Ioannis Kolettis Ioannis Kolettis (; died 17 September 1847) was a Greek politician who played a significant role in Greek affairs from the Greek War of Independence through the early years of the Greek Kingdom, including as Minister to France and serving twice ...
(1773-1847) -
Prime Minister of Greece The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic ( el, Πρωθυπουργός της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας, Prothypourgós tis Ellinikís Dimokratías), colloquially referred to as the prime minister of Greece ( el, Πρωθυ� ...
* Petros Zappas, member of the
Greek Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule of the Hellenes, label=none), also known as the Parliament of the Hel ...
(1915–17) for the
Argyrokastron Prefecture Argyrokastro ( el, Αργυρόκαστρο, link=no ''Silver Castle'') may refer to: *Argyrokastro Castle, castle in the region of the Peloponnese, Greece *''Argyrokastro'', the Greek name of Gjirokastër, a city in southern Albania *''Argyrokastr ...
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Alexandros Papagos Alexandros Papagos ( el, Αλέξανδρος Παπάγος; 9 December 1883 – 4 October 1955) was a Greek army officer who led the Hellenic Army in World War II and the later stages of the subsequent Greek Civil War. The only Greek career of ...
(Aromanian mother) (1883-1955), Hellenic Army officer and Prime Minister *
Alcibiades Diamandi Alcibiades Diamandi (13 August 1893 – 9 July 1948, sometimes spelled ''Diamanti'' or ''Diamantis''; rup, Alcibiadi Diamandi; el, Αλκιβιάδης Διαμάντης) was an Aromanian political figure of Greece and Axis collaborator, act ...
(1893-1948) - Leader of
Principality of the Pindus The Principality of the Pindus ( rup, Printsipat di la Pind; el, Πριγκιπάτο της Πίνδου; it, Principato del Pindo; ro, Principatul de Pind) is the name used in literature to describe the attempt and proposal to create an auto ...
and later of the
Roman Legion The Roman legion ( la, legiō, ) was the largest military unit of the Roman army, composed of 5,200 infantry and 300 equites (cavalry) in the period of the Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC) and of 5,600 infantry and 200 auxilia in the period of ...
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Nicolaos Matussis Nicolaos Matussis, also spelled as Nicolae Matussi ( el, Νικόλαος Ματούσης; 1899–1991), was an Aromanian lawyer, politician and leader of the Roman Legion, a collaborationist, separatist Aromanian paramilitary unit active durin ...
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Evangelos Averoff Evangelos Averoff-Tositsa (Greek: Ευάγγελος Αβέρωφ Τοσίτσας) (Trikala, 17 April 1910 – Athens, 2 January 1990) was a Greek politician, leader of the right wing party New Democracy (1981–1984), member of parliament, and ...
(1910-1990) - Greek minister and leader of the
New Democracy New Democracy, or the New Democratic Revolution, is a concept based on Mao Zedong's Bloc of Four Social Classes theory in Chinese Communist Revolution, post-revolutionary China which argued originally that democracy in China would take a path ...
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Michael Dukakis Michael Stanley Dukakis (; born November 3, 1933) is an American retired lawyer and politician who served as governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991. He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history a ...
(Aromanian mother) (1933-) - American
Governor of Massachusetts The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces. Massachusetts ...
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Andreas Tzimas Andreas Tzimas ( el, Ανδρέας Τζήμας; Kastoria, 1 September 1909 – Prague, 1 December 1972), known also under his World War II-era ''nom de guerre'' of Vasilis Samariniotis (Βασίλης Σαμαρινιώτης), was a leading Gre ...
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Alexandros Svolos Alexandros Svolos ( el, Αλέξανδρος Σβώλος; 1892, Kruševo, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – 22 February 1956, Athens, Greece) was a prominent Greek legal expert, who also served as president of the Political Committee of Natio ...
, jurist and president of the
Political Committee of National Liberation The Political Committee of National Liberation ( el, Πολιτική Επιτροπή Εθνικής Απελευθέρωσης, ''Politiki Epitropi Ethnikis Apeleftherosis'', PEEA), commonly known as the "Mountain Government" ( el, Κυβέρ ...
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Yannis Boutaris Yiannis Boutaris ( el, Γιάννης Μπουτάρης; born 13 June 1942) is a Greek businessman and politician, former mayor of Thessaloniki. Biography Yiannis Boutaris was born in Thessaloniki in 1942, the son of winemaker Stelios Boutaris ...
(1942-) - businessman, politician and mayor of
Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...


Religion

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Nektarios Terpos Nektarios Terpos ( rup, Nectar Tãrpo; el, Νεκτάριος Τέρπος; late 17th century–18th century) was an Orthodox Christian scholar and monk from Moscopole (today in modern Albania) of Aromanian ethnicity. He was the author of an imp ...
(end 17th-18th century) - priest and author *
Theodore Kavalliotis Theodore Anastasios Kavalliotis ( el, Θεόδωρος Αναστασίου Καβαλλιώτης; rup, Teodor Anastasie Cavalioti; sq, Theodor Kavalioti, 1718 – 11 August 1789) was a Greek Orthodox priest, teacher and a figure of the Greek E ...
(1718-1789) - priest and teacher


Science

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Elie Carafoli Elie Carafoli (September 15, 1901, Veria, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire–October 24, 1983, Bucharest, Romania) was an accomplished Romanian engineer and aircraft designer. He is considered a pioneering contributor to the field of Aerodynam ...
(1901-1983)- engineer and aircraft designer


See also

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Aromanians in Albania sq, Arumunët në Shqipëri , native_name_lang = , image = File:Aromanians in Albania.png , image_caption = Map of Aromanian settlements in Albania , population = 8,266 (2011 census)Estimates go from 100,000 to 200,000 , ...
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Aromanians in Bulgaria bg, Арумъни в България , image = , population = 2,000–3,000, possibly 6,000 , popplace = Western Rhodopes, as well as Blagoevgrad, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv and Sofia provinces and in Sofia proper , langs = Aromanian (native), ...
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Aromanians in North Macedonia The Aromanians in North Macedonia ( rup, Armãnji, mk, Аромани, ''Aromani''), also known as Vlachs ( rup, Vlahi, mk, Власи, ''Vlasi''), are an officially recognised minority group numbering some 9,695 people according to the 2002 c ...
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Aromanians in Romania The Aromanians in Romania ( rup, armãnji or ; ro, aromâni or ) are a non-recognized ethnic minority in Romania that numbered around 26,500 people in 2006. Legally, Romania regards the Aromanians and other groups such as the Megleno-Romanians ...
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Aromanians in Serbia sr, Аромуни у Србији / , image = , population = 243 ( 2011 census)5,000–15,000 (estimates) , popplace = Belgrade, Knjaževac, Niš, Pančevo, Smederevo , langs = Aromanian (native), Serbian , rels = Predominantly Eastern ...
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Principality of the Pindus The Principality of the Pindus ( rup, Printsipat di la Pind; el, Πριγκιπάτο της Πίνδου; it, Principato del Pindo; ro, Principatul de Pind) is the name used in literature to describe the attempt and proposal to create an auto ...
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Roman Legion (1941–1943) The Roman Legion, also known as the Vlach Legion in later bibliography, is the name used by the political and paramilitary organization active during the period 1941–1943, in Greece, in the regions of Thessaly and Macedonia, created by Alcibi ...
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Great Vlachia Great Vlachia or Great Wallachia ( rup, Vlãhia Mari; el, Μεγάλη Βλαχία, Megálē Vlachía), also simply known as Vlachia ( rup, Vlãhia, link=no; el, link=no, Βλαχία, Vlachía), was a province and region in southeastern Thessa ...
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Hellenization Hellenization (other British spelling Hellenisation) or Hellenism is the adoption of Greek culture, religion, language and identity by non-Greeks. In the ancient period, colonization often led to the Hellenization of indigenous peoples; in the ...
* Vlach Folklore Museum


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