Zaravina, Ioannina
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  Zaravina Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 39°54′54″N 20°32′19″E / 39.91500°N 20.53861°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Pogoni |
| Municipal unit | Pogoniani |
| Elevation | 621 m (2,037 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 53 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Zaravina (Greek: Ζαραβίνα, between 1928 and 2020: Λίμνη, Limni)[2][3] is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.
Name
The local form of the placename is Zaravina.[4] Other forms, in particular used by foreigners, such as travellers, include Zarobina, Tsarabina and Tserabina.[4] These variations are due to Latin renderings of the name with β as b and z as ts or to a false etymology linked to the Slavic carь, from cьsarь 'emperor', indicated by the name Kaisarochorion as an interpretation of the toponym recorded by the scholar Panagiotis Aravantinos as Zarovina.[4] The linguist Kostas Oikonomou states these forms should be disregarded for the etymology of the toponym.[4]
Zaravina is derived from the form Zarovina, where o became a within the toponym.[4] Both linguists Max Vasmer and Phaedon Malingoudis state the placename is formed from the Slavic prefix za meaning 'behind' and the toponym Rovьna, derived from the Slavic rovъ 'ditch, channel, pit' and the ending ьna, masculine -ьnъ.[4] Oikonomou wrote the village is located behind a lake and aligns with the etymology of the toponym of being behind a pit-like geographical feature, a lake.[5] Alternative etymologies by Vasmer are the toponym is from the Slavic žeravь 'crane', while linguist Yordan Zaimov, referring to the form Tserabina, derives the name from cerъ 'oak', hence cerov-ina meaning 'place of oaks'.[5] Nearby is the Lake of Zaravina, and the Greek word for lake Limni was used for the new name of the village.[4]
Demographics
Some Aromanians settled in the village following the interwar period.[6][7]
See also
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Zaravina – Limni". Pandektis. Archived from the original on 28 December 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ↑ Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government. "Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών: Ζαραβίνα – Λίμνη – Ζαραβίνα" [Administrative Changes of Settlements: Zaravina – Limni – Zaravina]. EETAA (in Greek). Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Oikonomou 2002, p. 113.
- 1 2 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. p. 114. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.
- ↑ Koukoudis, Asterios (2003). The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora. Zitros Publications. pp. 293–294. ISBN 9789607760869.
Since the interwar period, in the provinces of Pogoni and Ioannina, apart from Kefalovrysso and Parakalamos (Podgoriani) large and small groups of Arvanitovlachs have been living in the villages of Vissani (Frastana), Kato Meropi, Pogoniani, Dolo, Delvinaki, Limni
- ↑ Alexakis, Eleftherios P. (2017). Greek Ethnography, Ethnographie Grecque. Editions Herodotos. p. 302. ISBN 9789604851980. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 January 2026.
I came across Arvanitovlachs in the villages of... Limni, Kato Meropi (Frastana) and Pogoniani in the province of Pogoni.