sãrcãcean
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Aromanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from the Turkish karakaçan, from kara (“black”) + kaçan (“fugitive”), referring to those who dressed in black and fled to the mountains during the Ottoman occupation of Greece. Another theory derives it from the village of Saraketsi. See Sarakatsani; see also in Wikipedia.
Noun
[edit]sãrcãcean m (plural sãrcãceanj, feminine equivalent sãrcãceanã)
- a Sarakatsani person; a member of a Greek-speaking, traditionally transhumant shepherding people of northern Greece, living in the mountainous regions near the border and with a lifestyle similar to Aromanians or Vlachs