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'''Menquoi''' is a term of Medieval origin used by residents of [[Kiravia]], [[Sarpedon]], [[Ultmar]], and to a lesser extent [[Audonia]] to refer to the people of [[Catholic Levantia|South Levantia]]. The term encompasses what would today known as the [[Urcean people|Urcean]], [[Derian people|Derian]], and [[Bergendii]] people and rheie related regional cultures such as the [[Garan people]]. The term, likely a [[Burgoignesc language]] corruption of a term for "equatorial" (''meánchiorcal''), most probably originated after the discovery of the equator in 1137. Generally, it refers to a Medieval concept of generally undifferentiated South Levantines descending from the majority population of [[Great Levantia]]. Although primarily used as an exonym, in the centuries prior to [[The Anarchy]] the term entered use within the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] to collectively describe the [[Kingdom of Dericania]] and [[Imperial Kingdom of Urcea]], but fell out of disfavor following the [[Great Confessional War]]. The term, and historical derivations of it, have been considered derogatory since the 1700s.