Meglen region

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The Meglen region is a historical area in the Balkans, straddling parts of present-day Greece and North Macedonia, known as the traditional homeland of the Megleno-Romanian-speaking community.

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Label Occurrences
Meglen region canonical 3

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical region
associatedWithMinority Aromanian communities (regionally)
borderedByHistoricalRegion Macedonia
linked to: Macedonia (Greece)

Thrace
countryToday Greece
North Macedonia
culturalRegionFor Balkan Vlach culture
linked to: Balkan Vlachs

Megleno-Romanian culture
linked to: Megleno-Romanian
dominantModernLanguages Greek
Macedonian
ethnolinguisticGroup Megleno-Romanians
linked to: Megleno-Romanian
hasSettlementType villages
historicalInhabitants Greek-speaking populations
Megleno-Romanians
linked to: Megleno-Romanian

Slavic-speaking populations
historicalLanguageFamily Eastern Romance
historicalStatus minority-language area
multiethnic region
languageShiftTrend Megleno-Romanian to dominant national languages
locatedIn Balkans
Southeast Europe
linked to: Balkans
locatedInPresentDay Central Macedonia (Greece)
linked to: Central Macedonia

Southeastern North Macedonia
partOf Greece
North Macedonia
religiousTraditionMajority Eastern Orthodox Christianity
traditionalHomelandOf Meglen Vlachs
linked to: Balkan Vlachs

Megleno-Romanians
linked to: Megleno-Romanian
traditionalLanguage Megleno-Romanian

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Megleno-Romanian spokenIn Meglen region
Pella regional unit contains Meglen region
vlaheşte region Meglen region