Geroplatanos, Ioannina
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Geroplatanos | |
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  Geroplatanos | |
| Coordinates: 39°58′14″N 20°37′32″E / 39.97056°N 20.62556°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Pogoni |
| Municipal unit | Kalpaki |
| Elevation | 764 m (2,507 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 106 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Geroplatanos (Greek: Γεροπλάτανος, before 1927: Αληζώτ Τσιφλίκ, Alizot Tsiflik)[2][3] is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Traditionally, the village was part of the Zagori region until the construction of the Ioannina–Konitsa road.[4][5]
The toponym is derived from the personal name Alizot and the Turkish loanword in Albanian çiflik, -u, stemming from the Turkish çift-lik meaning 'estate'.[6] Alizot is a compound and stems from the Turkish personal name Ali (the adopted son of Muhammad and fourth caliph) and the Albanian noun zot, -i meaning 'lord, master, God'.[6] The Turkish name Ali within the compound personal name Alizot passed through Islam to Albanian populations, as indicated by its composition in the second part of the compound, the Albanian word zot -i.[6]
History
In 1706 Alizot Pasha violently confiscated fertile lands from the village of Mavrovouni, forcefully gathered inhabitants from surrounding areas and settled them in Zagori by establishing the settlement of Alizot Tsiflik at the base of a mountain.[5] In the 19th century the village was privately owned.[5]