Ano Ravenia | |
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| Coordinates: 39°56′23″N 20°36′16″E / 39.93972°N 20.60444°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Pogoni |
| Municipal unit | Kalpaki |
| Elevation | 538 m (1,765 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Community | 130 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Ano Ravenia (Greek: Άνω Ραβένια) is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Traditionally, the village was part of the Zagori region until the construction of the Ioannina–Konitsa road.
In the late 19th century, the scholar Ioannis Lambridis described Ravenia as meaning a 'flat place'. The linguist Max Vasmer derived the toponym from the Old Slavic ravьnъ, meaning a 'flat, level place'. The linguist Kostas Oikonomou derived the placename from the adjectival-possessive ravьnja, a form which stemmed from the Slavic noun ravьnъ, with the possessive suffix -ja, masculine -jъ. The Slavic stressed ь sound was rendered in Greek as e, while the grammatical gender changed from feminine to neuter.
The village is inhabited by Greeks. Some Aromanians settled in the village following the interwar period.
Áno Ravénia: griechische Zagorisier
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, Ano Ravenia, Kato Ravenia