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	:''This article is about ] associated with ]. For the people of ], see ] and for the unrelated, ] ethnic group, see ]. For other meanings, see ].''

	], a symbol widely used by Greek Macedonians, both in Greece and in the diaspora.<ref name="vergina">Danforth, L. M. ''The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World'', p. 166</ref>]]
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	'''Macedonians''' ({{lang-el\|'''''Μακεδόνες'''''}}, alternative names: '''Greek Macedonians''' or '''Macedonian Greeks''') is the term by which ethnic ] originating from ], particularly ], are known. In Greek historical literature, they are often referred to as ''Makedones'' or ''Makedhones'' (Μακεδόνες: Macedonians).<ref name="theaustralianpeople">] ''The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins'', ], October 1, 2001. ISBN 0-521-80789-1, p. 147.</ref>

	Macedonians (Greek) compose the vast majority of the population of the Greek region of Macedonia. The ] census for the total population of the Macedonia region in Greece shows 2,625,681.<ref census-gr> {{el icon}} {{cite web\| url= http://www.statistics.gr/gr_tables/S1101_SAP_01_TB_DC_01_02_Y.zip \| title= General Secretariat of National Statistical Service of Greece \| work= 2001 census \| format = zip xls \| accessmonthday = ] \| accessyear= ]}}</ref>

	==Background==
	{{seealso\|Greek Struggle for Macedonia\|Demographic history of Macedonia}}
	During the ] domination of Macedonia, Greek Macedonians reportedly constituted in both the ] and early ] the majority of the ] population in the ] of Selânik (]) and Manastır (]).<ref>Glenny, The Balkans; Ottoman census of Hilmi Pasha, 1904</ref> Approximately 100,000 ] were recorded in the ] census of ] occupied ].<ref name="Mustairas">Mustairas G., ''Yugoslavia and Macedonia'', Athens 1988 - p. 54.</ref>

	Many Greek Macedonians have emigrated to ], mostly from ], ] and ], primarily between the years ] - ].<ref name="theaustralianpeople" /> The Greek Macedonian community in ] has been reported to have been in conflict with the ]<!--the source uses this term, so I'd advise against changing it--> community over the usage of cultural symbols, such as the ],<ref name="vergina"/> which is used by both groups. Such incidents heightened during the years ] - ] when the ] between ] and the ] had just begun.<ref name=Liotta>Liotta, P. H. and Simons, A. '''', from ''Parameters'', Winter 1998, pp. 11-27</ref>

	==Self-determination==
	{{seealso\|Macedonia naming dispute}}
	] against what they view as the appropriation of their name and heritage, in reference to the ].]]
	According to various public manifestations in ]<ref name=Liotta /> and the ],<ref name="theaustralianpeople" /> the Macedonians have a strong regional identity. This was emphasized by the ], ], who in ] during a meeting of the ] in ] declared that:

	] headline quoting ]:<br>''"I myself am a Macedonian, and another two and a half million Greeks are Macedonians."'']]
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	{{cquote\|''I myself am a Macedonian, and another two and a half million Greeks are Macedonians.<ref> ''Stark message to Skopje'', ]. Retrieved on ]</ref>}}
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	Similar terms include ] or Pontians (Greeks from ]) and Greek Epirotes or Epirotes (Greeks from ]).

	] and ] from ] are reported to use the term "Macedonian" in the same way, to denote geography rather than ethnicity.<ref name=bcb>{{cite web\| url=http://www.diversitybulgaria.org/en/materials.php?sub=36\| title=British Council — Bulgaria \| work= Macedonians of Bulgaria \| accessmonthday = ] \| accessyear=]}}</ref><ref name= Macedo-Romanians>{{cite web\| url= http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rup \| title= Ethnologue \| work= Report for Macedo-Romanian language \| accessyear=2006 \| accessmonthday = August, 3 }}</ref><ref name= oxford4>Oxford English Dictionary Unabridged — Draft Revision (Mar. 2005) — "Macedo-"</ref>

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	==References==
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	==Bibliography==
	* Peter Mackridge, Eleni Yannakakis, eds., ''Ourselves and Others: The Development of a Greek Macedonian Cultural Identity since 1912'', 1997, ISBN 1-85973-133-3.

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