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: Laka)[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 nineteenth century scholar Ioannis Lambridis said four families from a village called Lasste transmitted the name of their former place of residence to Laista.[4] Lambridis wrote Laista was the oldest name of the village, known also as Lakka.[4] Scholar Panagiotis Aravantinos wrote the toponym is Albanian.[4] It is derived from the Albanian word lashtë meaning 'ancient, old' and the development of the sound i in the placename.[4] Linguist Kostas Oikonomou states the toponym recorded by Lambridis with a double s indicate an Aromanian pronunciation of š, itself from the Albanian sh.[4]
Demographics
[edit]Laista has an Aromanian population and is an Aromanian speaking village.[2][5] Laista forms an Aromanian dialect cluster with the villages of Lesnitsa and Dobrinovo whose spoken Aromanian differs from other Aromanian speaking villages of the wider area due to some distinct linguistic features.[6] In the early 20th century, some Greek speaking Sarakatsani settled in Laista.[7]
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 Kahl 1999, p. 106.
- ^ Oikonomou 2002, p. 163.
- ^ a b c d e Oikonomou 2002, p. 164.
- ^ Oikonomou 2002, pp. 2, 163.
- ^ 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. 163–164. 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: 106, 114. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2025.