Monastiri, Ioannina
Monastiri
Μοναστήρι | |
|---|---|
Monastiri, Greece | |
Monastiri | |
| Coordinates: 40°07′19″N 20°48′26″E / 40.12194°N 20.80722°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Konitsa |
| Municipal unit | Konitsa |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 5 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΙΝ |
Monastiri (Greek: Μοναστήρι, before 1928: Μποτσιφάρι, Botsifari)[2][3] is a settlement in the Ioannina regional unit in Epirus, Greece. It is situated on the northwestern slopes of Smolikas, at the elevation of 950m. Below the village is the river Sarantaporos, which empties into the Vjosa a few kilometers west before entering Albania. It is in the municipality of Konitsa. It is 1 km southwest of Molista, 10 km northeast of Konitsa and 18 km east of Leskovik (Albania).
Name
According to local tradition, after the dissolution of the original village Molista, three new settlements were established.[4] In one of the new villages, Votsis was its first inhabitant and named the locality Votsi-fari.[5]
The toponym is derived from the surname Botsis, also Votsis.[5] Linguist Manolis Triantafyllidis wrote the surname Votsis is derived from the Albanian voc, -i 'little child'.[6] Linguist Kostas Oikonomou states as Botsis/Votsis are of the same etymological origin and the foreign b can be rendered in Greek as v and not in reverse, their reduced form is the Albanian boc/ë, -a 'bottle', stemming from Venetian bozza.[6] The word is also present in Greek as botsa 'wooden wine container', Aromanian boță 'bottle' and boca in south Slavic languages of Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian and Slovenian.[6]
The second part is from the Albanian noun far/ë, -a, 'genus, seed' with the placename meaning 'place where Botsi’s clan is located'.[5] In Albanian, the constituent parts in determinative compounds follow the order: determinate (general concept) and the determiner, while in Greek it is in reverse order.[5] In instances when the Albanian formation of compounds is in reverse, linguist Kostas Oikonomou states is due to semantic-translational loans indicating a Greek-Albanian composition.[5]
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 99 | — |
| 1991 | 108 | +9.1% |
| 2001[7] | 23 | −78.7% |
| 2011[8] | 17 | −26.1% |
| 2021[1] | 5 | −70.6% |
See also
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Botsifari – Monastiri". Pandektis. Archived from the original on 19 February 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government. "Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών: Μποτσιφάρι – Μοναστήρι" [Administrative Changes of Settlements: Botsifari – Monastiri]. EETAA (in Greek). Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ Oikonomou 2002, pp. 218–219.
- ^ a b c d e Oikonomou 2002, p. 219.
- ^ a b c 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. 218. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-21.
- ^ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.