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I mean, the French are named after a Germanic tribe but they're not Germanic, Bulgarians are Slavs even though they're named after a Turkic tribe, and Macedonians are Slavs who are named after an ancient Greek kingdom.
Names have weird histories and shouldn't be treated literally.