Leptokarya, Ioannina
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Leptokarya
Λεπτοκαρυά | |
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  Leptokarya | |
| Coordinates: 39°49′25″N 20°54′45″E / 39.82361°N 20.91250°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Zagori |
| Municipal unit | Tymfi |
| Elevation | 1,058 m (3,471 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 43 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Leptokarya (Greek: Λεπτοκαρυά, before 1927: Λιασκοβέτσι, Liaskovetsi;[2][3] Aromanian: Liascoveț)[4] is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.
The village is abundant in wild hazel bushes.[5] Linguists Max Vasmer and Demetrius Georgacas derived the toponym from Old Slavic Lěskovъcъ, stemming from Old Church Slavonic lěskovъ, derived from lěska 'hazel, hazel bush' and the adjectival ending -ovъ, with the suffix -ъcъ and the rendering of the Slavic ě and ъ as ia and e in Greek.[5]