Leshnicë e Sipërme
Leshnicë e Sipërme
Άνω Λεσινίτσα | |
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Leshnicë e Sipërme | |
| Coordinates: 39°50′56″N 20°16′41″E / 39.849°N 20.278°E | |
| Country | Albania |
| County | Vlorë |
| Municipality | Finiq |
| Administrative unit | Dhivër |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Leshnicë e Sipërme (Albanian definite form: Leshnica e Sipërme; Greek: Άνω Λεσινίτσα, Ano Lesinitsa) is a village in the Vlorë County in Albania near the Greek-Albanian border. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Finiq.[1]
Name
The placename Leshnicë has several possible origins. The Bulgarian word леска, leska meaning 'hazel bush' and the suffix -ьн-иц-а, -an-its-a, with the Slavic sound change sk and y into sht and further into sh.[2] The Bulgarian dialectal form лес, les, rendered in old Slavic as лѣсь, les meaning 'forest' and the suffix -ьн+ -иц-а, an+ -its-a, with an old Albanian sound change s into sh.[2] The Bulgarian лешница leshnica meaning 'European bladdernut'.[2] Or from Лес/Леш -ин, Les/Lesh -in and the suffix -иц-а, -its-a, with loss of the unemphasized i.[2]
Demographics
The village is inhabited by Greeks and the population was 502 in 1992.[3]
Notable people
- Nikos Katsalidas (Niko Kacalidha, b. 1949), poet and founding member of the organization of the Greek minority, Omonoia.[4][5]
Nearest places
References
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d Ylli, Xhelal (1997). Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen. Teil 2: Ortsnamen [Slavic Loan Material in Albanian. Part 2: Placenames] (PDF) (in German). Verlag Otto Sagner. p. 136. ISBN 9783876907727. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2022.
- ^ Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "Η Ελληνική Κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το Πρίσμα της Ιστορικής Γεωγραφίας και Δημογραφίας" [The Greek Community of Albania in Terms of Historical Geography and Demography] (PDF). In Veremis, Thanos; Kouloumpis, Thodoros; Nikolakopoulos, Ilias (eds.). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [Hellenism of Albania] (in Greek). Ekdoseis Sideris. p. 53. ISBN 9789600800548. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2025.
- ^ Frantzi, Anteia (2006). "Literature and National Consciousness of the Greek Minority in Northern Epirus". The Historical Review / La Revue Historique: 205–214. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23.
- ^ Intzempelis, Elpidoforos (28 April 2015). "Νίκος Κατσαλίδας: συνέντευξη στον Ελπιδοφόρο Ιντζέμπελη". diastixo.gr (in Greek). Diastiho. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
External links
- Some recent photos from the village: