Elati, Ioannina
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Elati | |
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  Elati | |
| Coordinates: 39°49′37″N 20°44′49″E / 39.82694°N 20.74694°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Zagori |
| Municipal unit | Central Zagori |
| Elevation | 1,053 m (3,455 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 57 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Elati (Greek: Ελάτη, before 1926: Μπούλτσι, Boultsi,[2] between 1926 and 1928: Έλατα, Elata)[3] is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.
The toponym stems from a surname Boultsis and the andronym Boultso.[4] The placename is derived from the Albanian term bulçi, definite form: bulçia, in reference to food consumption by the mouth such as 'the soft part of the cheek from the cheekbones down to the jaw' or 'one who takes large mouthfuls of food'.[4] From this same root, the Aromanian term buldzinedzŭ means 'to swell, inflate' and bulčicos 'full, filled'.[4] The demonym Boultsat-s is formed with the suffix atis.[4] In this instance, it is derived from the Albanian suffix ati used in demonyms, as the Greek suffix atis with the ancient proclitic -a lost its productive capacity in Modern Greek and is rendered as -iatis when used in demonyms derived from toponyms containing the phoneme -i.[4]
History
In the 17th century, several cattle-breeding families from the village of Gravisio in the Kourenta region moved to Boultsi and three other locations.[5] In the 19th century, their original settlement in Kourenta was still known as Boultsatika Kalyvia (huts of Boultsi), and ruins of abandoned huts remained visible.[5] Their numbers grew as inhabitants from various villages, particularly Petsali, arrived and eventually formed the village of Boultsi in 1698.[5] At the time, Albanian Muslim converts were trying to convert the villages of Kourenta.[5] The surname Petsalis is present among modern-day villagers.[5]