Morlaks

Morlaks, a people of North Dalmatia, between the River Narenta and the Croatian frontier, at present of Serb (Slav) speech, but said to be originally of Hun or Ugrian (Bulgarian) descent. Morlak is a contraction of More-Vlakh - i.e. Sea-Vlakhs - Vlahh being the same word as "Wallachian" and applied generally by the Slavs to peoples of Roumanian origin. Population 150,000, of whom two-thirds are Roman Catholics, the rest United Greek', bat all addicted to many heathen practices.