Pades, Ioannina

Pades
Πάδες (Greek)
Pădz (Aromanian)
Pades
Coordinates: 40°2′23″N 20°54′37″E / 40.03972°N 20.91028°E / 40.03972; 20.91028
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEpirus
Regional unitIoannina
MunicipalityKonitsa
Municipal unitKonitsa
Elevation
1,020 m (3,350 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community
57
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Pades (Greek: Πάδες, Aromanian: Pădz)[2] is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The village located in a ravine on the right side of the river Vjosa.[2]

Name

The placename comes from the Greek Epirot preposition padi meaning the 'flat and smooth surface in the middle of the slope' stemming from the Slavic term padъ with the same meaning and not directly from the Slavic preposition of the term, as the toponym is etymologised by linguist Max Vasmer.[2] In Aromanian the term is a loanword where the noun is păde meaning 'the flat place' and the adjective pade 'below, low'.[2] The Aromanian form of the toponym is from the plural pădz of the above Aromanian word.[2]

Demographics

Pades has an Aromanian population and is an Aromanian speaking village.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b c d e Oikonomou 2002, p. 235.
  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. pp. 2, 235. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.
  4. ^ Koukoudis, Asterios (2003). The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora. Zitros Publications. p. 147. ISBN 9789607760869.