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) | |
• 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. The chapel of Agios Georgios is behind the hill. Culturally, the village of Zavrocho is part of Dropull, an area which also extends into Albania. The village in the modern period is also placed as being part of Upper Pogoni.
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. 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.
Demographics
The village is inhabited by Greeks.
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.