enosis
Sign in to savethumb|300px|A Cypriot demonstration in the 1930s in favour of enosis
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thumb|300px|A Cypriot demonstration in the 1930s in favour of enosis
Enosis (, , "union") is an irredentist ideology held by various Greek communities living outside Greece that calls for them and the regions that they inhabit to be incorporated into the Greek state. The idea is related to the Megali Idea, a concept of a Greek state that dominated Greek politics following the creation of modern Greece in 1830. The Megali Idea called for the establishment of a larger Greek state including the lands outside Greece that remained under foreign rule following the Greek War of Independence in the 1820s, but which nevertheless still had large Greek populations.
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