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Sorry to say, but I agree with YesIAm. Kastoria is purely a Greek town, and sure, its only natural that two bordering countries, at their borders may have some populations that speak different languages. All of Greece for example, has many Albanian residents (illegal and not)., but that doesn't in any way lessen the Greek identity of Greece.

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As for the name, its wrong to try to hog a term that refers to a whole geographical area that in includes three different nations, and make it refer to one. Macedonia is an ancient name, and as for its origins and meaning, it is Greek. See, the problem isn't with FYROM wanting to have a part in the term, because yes, geographically, their country is a significant part of Macedonia. The problem is when they want to use the name exclusively for themselves, when it rightfully applies to a region.
This also causes misunderstandings and confusion (for example as demonstrated in the above posts).

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