| LC control no. | sh 85087282 |
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| Topical heading | Morlaks |
| Variant(s) | Mavrolachians Mavrolakians Mavrovlachi Morlachs Morlacks |
| See also | Ethnology--Croatia |
| Found in | Flags of the World web site, Feb. 25, 2003 (Mavrolachians (Morlaks, Mavrolakians) "Morlaks lived in Dalmatia and some of them were shepherds.") 1911 encyc. via WWW, Feb. 26, 2003 ("The name of Morlachs, Morlaks, or Morlacks commonly bestowed by English writers on the Dalmatian Slavs, though somtimes restricted to the peasantry of the hills, is an abbreviated form of Mavrovlachi... It was originally applied to the scattered remnants of the Latin or Latinized inhabitants of central Illyria, who were driven from their homes by the barbarian invaders during the 7th century and took refuge among the mountains. Throughout the middle ages the Mavrovlachi were usually nomadic shepherds, cattle drovers or muleteers. In the 14th century they emigrated from central illyria into northern Dalmatia and maritime Croatia.) |
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