Laista
Laista
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  Laista | |
| Coordinates: 39°58′22″N 20°57′18″E / 39.97278°N 20.95500°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Zagori |
| Municipal unit | Tymfi |
| Elevation | 1,276 m (4,186 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 58 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Laista (Greek: Λάϊστα, Aromanian: Lacã)[2] is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The village located in the northern part of the Zagori region.[3]
Name
[edit]In the 19th century, the scholar Ioannis Lambridis said four families from a village called Lasste transferred the name of their former place of residence to Laista.[4] Lambridis wrote that Laista was the oldest name of the village, which was also known as Lakka.[4] The scholar Panagiotis Aravantinos described the toponym as Albanian.[4] It is derived from the Albanian word lashtë meaning 'ancient, old' and the development of the sound i in the placename.[4] The linguist Kostas Oikonomou stated the toponym recorded by Lambridis with a double s indicates an Aromanian pronunciation of š, itself from the Albanian sh.[4]
Demographics
[edit]Laista has an Aromanian population and is an Aromanian speaking village.[5][6][2] Laista forms an Aromanian dialect cluster with the villages of Vrysochori (Lesnitsa) and Iliochori (Dobrinovo) whose spoken Aromanian differs from other Aromanian speaking villages of the wider area due to some distinct linguistic features.[7] In the early 21st century, elderly people were bilingual in the community language and Greek, whereas younger residents under 40 might have understood the community language but did not use it.[8] Some Sarakatsani settled in the village during the early 20th century.[5] The Sarakatsani are Greek speakers.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ a b Koukoudis, Asterios (2003). The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora. Zitros Publications. p. 147. ISBN 9789607760869.
The villages of Vlahozagoro... Laïsta (Lákă)
- ^ Oikonomou 2002, p. 163.
- ^ a b c d e Oikonomou 2002, p. 164.
- ^ a b Kahl 1999, p. 106: "Láista: aromunische Zagorisier, einige Familien Sarakatschanen seit Anfang des 20. Jh.s im Ort seßhaft"
- ^ Oikonomou 2002, pp. 2, 163.
- ^ Oikonomou 2002, pp. 163–164.
- ^ Oikonomou, Kostas E. (2002). Τα οικωνύμια του νομού Ιωαννίνων. Γλωσσολογική εξέταση [The oikonyms of the prefecture of Ioannina. A linguistic examination] (PDF) (in Greek). Nomarchiaki Aftodioikisi Ioanninon. pp. 2–3. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.
- ^ Kahl, Thede (1999). "Die Zagóri-Dörfer in Nordgriechenland: Wirtschaftliche Einheit – ethnische Vielfalt" [The Zagóri Villages in Northern Greece: Economic Unity – Ethnic Diversity]. Ethnologia Balkanica (in German). 3: 114.