Lingiades
Community in Greece
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Lingiades (Greek: Λιγκιάδες) is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The village is located on the southern part of the south western side of Mount Mitsikeli, above Lake Ioannina.[2]
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| Coordinates: 39°41′24″N 20°53′24″E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Ioannina |
| Municipal unit | Perama |
| Elevation | 1,020 m (3,350 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 117 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Name
Earlier interpretations of the toponym associated it with the ancient oronym of Lygos or the ancient Epirote city of Lygos, although linguist Kostas Oikonomou describes it as untenable. [2] Oikonomou states the toponym is derived from the Albanian word lëngat/ë, -a meaning 'serious long-term illness, contagious disease, epidemic'.[2] Within the toponym, the sounds g and l underwent palatalisation in their pronunciation, while the Albanian ë became i through Greek.[2] The Greek suffix ades is used in the formation of several placenames to indicate a place where a familial unit referred to in the subject is settled. [3]
The village was established following a plague event at a previous location and resettlement of its inhabitants to the new site.[2] Oikonomou states the suffix's etymological role in the toponym's formation verifies historical memories preserved in oral tradition about the village.[4]
History
The village of Lingiades was established prior to 1683, nearby the Monastery of Agios Georgios.[2] Dispersed people settled in the village, later others came from Tsamouria (Chameria).[2]
Local traditions describe the village was originally located at the site of Alogomantri.[2] The village was composed of 59 houses and had five churches: Agios Georgios, Agios Dimitrios, Agios Nikolaos, Prophet Elias and Agios Minas in several locations.[4] The village was destroyed after it was affected by plague and many inhabitants died.[3] Of the six remaining houses, the inhabitants due to their experiences of devastation left the village and established one house each in several locations: Katsoufli, Kravari, Marmaralona, Amygdalia, Lakko Krania, Rachi Lai and Perperi separated by some distance to avoid contact with each other.[4] The plague devastated these houses, their inhabitants and most of the livestock.[4] Known as Paliochora 'old village', its inhabitants later left and settled at the site of the present village.[2] In the same year, Vissarion, a native of Ioannina arrived in the area and chose a site to build the church of Agios Georgios and in the process gathered the houses to be close to the church.[4] Vissarion was assisted by the villagers to construct the church and later they rebuilt their houses, while their population and livestock numbers increased over time.[4]