Yeni = new.
"Yunan" means Greeks. /Comes from one of the the Greek regions /
"Rum" is an Otoman word and means the christian population of the Otoman Empire, not the Grekks only.
"Rum-milliet", or "Rum-nation" /i.e."Roman nation"/.
It comes from the word "Roman" /that was the odfficial name of the Bizantian empire, conquered by the Turks/.
After that name, the whole Balkan aerea of the European part of the Otoman Empire has been callaed "Rumeli beiler beIlak" /I might be wrong in the spelling/.
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