Little Sofia

Little Sofia (Bulgarian: Малка София, Malka Sofia or Мала София, Mala Sofia; Greek: Μικρή Σόφια, Mikri Sofia) is a designation applied to localities outside the modern borders of Bulgaria; it is used to emphasize the population's strong Bulgarian national identity. The term most often refers to villages in what are today the Republic of North Macedonia (Vardar Macedonia) and Greek Macedonia (Aegean Macedonia). In the context of Macedonia, such villages often lie in otherwise Grecoman and Serboman areas.

Bulgarian volunteers leave their native Gorno Brodi (today's Ano Vrontou), one of the villages nicknamed "Little Sofia", to join the Bulgarian Army's Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps during the Balkan Wars (1912–1913)

The name Little Sofia was used pejoratively by the Grecoman and Serboman population as well as Serbia and Greece's armed propaganda and later those nations' authorities in parts of the region. For the local Bulgarian-identifying population, the name came to be a symbol of ethnic pride.

Villages nicknamed Little Sofia

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