Vasiliko, Ioannina
Community in Greece
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Vasiliko (Greek: Βασιλικό, before 1928: Τσαραπλανά, Tsaraplana)[2][3] is a village in the municipality of Pogoni, Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. It is situated at an altitude of 800 m. It is 3 km east of Kefalovryso, 13 km west of Konitsa, 16 km south of Leskovik (Albania) and 44 km northwest of Ioannina.
Vasiliko
Βασιλικό | |
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  Vasiliko Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 40°1′N 20°36′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Pogoni |
| Municipal unit | Ano Pogoni |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 161 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΙΝ |
Name
The toponym is formed from the Slavic nouns cerъ, genitive cera, from Latin cerrus meaning 'oak' and planina 'mountain, hill'.[4] The toponym emerged as Tseraplanina and later became Tsaraplana through the vowel assimilation of the sounds e-a into a-a and the syllabic dissimilation of -ni-.[4] According to locals, the placename is derived from the Slavic word carь, a term used for Russian, Ottoman and medieval Bulgarian heads of state.[4] The linguist Kostas Oikonomou stated that this view is of a later origin, as the mistaken association with the word carь led to the village being officially renamed Vasiliko 'royal' in Greek, a name change which preserved and strengthened the tradition.[4]
Demographics
Notable people
- Athenagoras I (1886–1972) – Patriarch of Constantinople