instead. The term Turco-Albanian after the Greek War of Independence was also sometimes used in 19th century Greek school text books for Muslim Albanians. Greek nationalist histories still uses the more widely known pejorative term Turco-Albanian instead of Muslim Albanians. Relative terms Various Muslim Albanian communities by Greeks were similarly also labelled such as the Turco-Bardouniots (or Τουρκοβαρδουνιώτες, Tourko-Vardouniotes). and Turco-Chams (or Τουρκοτσάμηδες, Tourko-tsamides) In Thesprotia older designations based on religion were used for Albanian Muslim Chams by the local Orthodox population who referred to them as "Turks" (i.e.: Muslims), a term still used in the region by some elderly people. The term Turco-Albanian was also used by both British intelligence and the German army for Muslim Albanian Chams during World War II and it was borrowed from Greek usage. Moreover, in Greek, similar composite ethnographic terms that also reveal the ethnic or religious background of the specific communities have also been used, such as Turco-Cretans (or Τουρκοκρήτες, Tourkokrites), and Turco-Cypriots (or Τουρκοκύπριοι, Tourkokiprioi). Amongst the wider Greek-speaking population, until the interwar period of the twentieth century, the term Arvanitis (plural: Arvanites) was used to describe an Albanian speaker, regardless of their religious affiliations, including Islam. On the other hand, within Greek Epirus, the term Arvanitis is still used for an Albanian speaker, regardless of their citizenship and religion. See also Albanophobia Turcophobia Islamophobia Xenophobia List of ethnic slurs Ottoman Albania Ottoman Kosovo Ottoman Vardar Macedonia Islam in Albania Islam in Kosovo Islam in the Republic of Macedonia Islam in Montenegro Islam in Serbia Islam in Greece References Sources Anti-Albanian sentiment Islam in Albania Islam in Kosovo Islam in North Macedonia Islam in Montenegro Islam in Serbia Islam in Greece Ottoman Albania Ottoman Greece Ottoman period in the history of Kosovo Ottoman period in the history of North Macedonia Ethnic and religious slurs Islam-related slurs Anti-Turkish sentiment