Zavrocho
Zavrocho | |
|---|---|
Settlement | |
  Zavrocho Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 39°54′51″N 20°24′00″E / 39.9141°N 20.4000°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Pogoni |
| Municipal unit | Delvinaki |
| Community | Mavropoulo |
| Elevation | 508 m (1,667 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 19 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Zavrocho (Greek: Ζάβροχο) is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. It is part of the community of Mavropoulo. The village is located on a hill where control can be exerted over the Drino valley, an entry point into Albania.[2] The chapel of Agios Georgios is behind the hill.[3] Culturally, the village of Zavrocho is part of Dropull, an area which also extends into Albania.[4] The village in the modern period is also placed as being part of Upper Pogoni. [5]
Name
The linguist Max Vasmer derived the placename from the Slavic preposition za meaning 'behind' and the noun vrh 'top, edge', while vowel development within the toponym occurred in Greek.[3] The linguist Kostas Oikonomou stated the vowel development was not through Greek, as in several Slavic languages the vowel adjacent to the r is present in forms rendered with a consonant and vowel, such as the Bulgarian vrъh and Russian verh.[3]
Demographics
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.
- ↑ Oikonomou 2002, p. 110.
- 1 2 3 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. 11. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.
- ↑ Alexakis, Eleftherios P. (2017). Greek Ethnography, Ethnographie Grecque. Editions Herodotos. p. 305. ISBN 9789604851980. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 January 2026.
The villages of Western Pogoni – Chrysodouli, Zavrocho, Mavropoulo, Aghia Marina, Arinista (Ktismata), Katouna (Neochori), Kakavi – belong to the cultural area of Deropolis, part of which nowadays lies in Albania.
- 1 2 Green, Sarah (2005). Notes from the Balkans: Locating Marginality and Ambiguity on the Greek–Albanian Border. Princeton University Press. p. 44. ISBN 9781400884353.