Bulgarophiles ( bg, българофили;
Serbian and
Macedonian бугарофили or бугараши ;
; ro, Bulgarofilii) is a term used for Slavic people from the regions of
Macedonia and
Pomoravlje who are ethnic
Bulgarians
Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe.
Etymology
Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely understo ...
. In Bulgaria, the term Bulgaromans; ( bg, българомани; ro, Bulgaromani) refers to non-Slavic people such as
Aromanians
The Aromanians ( rup, Armãnji, Rrãmãnji) are an ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. They traditionally live in central and southern Albania, south-western Bulgaria, northern and ...
with a Bulgarian self-awareness. In the 20th century, Bulgarophiles in neighboring Yugoslavia and Greece were considered enemies of the state harboring
irredentist
Irredentism is usually understood as a desire that one state annexes a territory of a neighboring state. This desire is motivated by ethnic reasons (because the population of the territory is ethnically similar to the population of the parent sta ...
tendencies.
[Цочо Билярски, Гръцките жестокости и варваризъм над българите (1912 - 1923г.) Анико, София, . 2012.]
See also
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Serbomans
Serbomans (Serbo-Croatian and mk, србомани, srbomani; bg, сърбомани, sarbomani; ro, sârbomani) is a Bulgarian pejorative term used by Bulgarian nationalists for inhabitants in the region of Macedonia that claimed Serbian ethni ...
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Grecomans
Grecoman or Graecoman (Greek: Γραικομάνοι, ''Grekománoi'', Bulgarian: Гъркомани, ''Garkomani'', Macedonian: Гркомани, ''Grkomani'', Romanian: ''Grecomani'', Albanian: ''Grekomanë'', Aromanian: ''Gricumanji'') is a ...
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Macedonian Bulgarians
Macedonians or Macedonian Bulgarians ( bg, македонци or македонски българи), sometimes also referred to as Macedono-Bulgarians, Macedo-Bulgarians, or Bulgaro-Macedonians are a regional, ethnographic group of et ...
References
Macedonian Bulgarians
Anti-Bulgarian sentiment
Pejorative terms for European people
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