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Greek Uruguayans ( Greek: Έλληνες της Ουρουγουάης) are Uruguayan residents either fully or partially of Greek descent or
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 ...
-born people who reside in
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.


Overview

The Greek community in
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numbers between 25,000 and 28,000 people (1% of total population); most of them live in the
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area. Some of them also settled in the frontier city of Rivera. The 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 103 people who declared Greece as their country of birth. The Greek community center and the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Nikolaos are located on 19 de Abril Avenue in Prado. Another important Greek institution in Montevideo is the Maria Tsakos Foundation which offers free lessons of the Greek language, of Greek dances and cooking and organizes cultural activities. The Great Uruguayan footballer, Obdulio Varela was of part-Greek descent and is to date the only footballer with any Greek blood in them to win the
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. Included are
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and
Megleno-Romanians The Megleno-Romanians, also known as Meglenites ( ruq, Miglinits), Moglenite Vlachs or simply Vlachs ( ruq, Vlaș), are a small Eastern Romance people, originally inhabiting seven villages in the Moglena region spanning the Pella and Kilkis reg ...
, who became adjusted to Argentine society because of the linguistic similarities between
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and Spanish, as well as the Latin identity of Aromanians and Megleno-Romanians. There was also a very small number of Greek Jews.


Notable people

* Fernando Kanapkis, footballer *
Obdulio Varela Obdulio Jacinto Muiños Varela (; September 20, 1917 — August 2, 1996) was a Uruguayan football player. He was the captain of the Uruguay national team that won the 1950 World Cup after beating Brazil in the decisive final round match popular ...
, footballer * Carlos Linaris, footballer * Graciela Paraskevaidis, musicologist * Circe Maia, poet


See also

*
Greek people The Greeks or Hellenes (; el, Έλληνες, ''Éllines'' ) are an ethnic group and nation indigenous to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions, namely Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and, to a lesser extent, other ...
* Greek diaspora * Greek-Uruguayan relations


References


External links


Bilateral relations between Greece and Uruguay

A Greek association

Greek embassy in Uruguay

Hellenic Community in Uruguay
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