Xifiani

Xifiani (Greek: Ξιφιανή, before 1922: Κωστούργιαννη – Kostourgianni,^[2] between 1922 and 1953: Ξυφώνια – Xyfoneia^[3] Macedonian:Костурени) is a village in Pella regional unit, Macedonia, Greece.

After the village became part of Greece, its mosque was turned into the church of Agios Polykarpos.^[4]

Xifiani had 923 inhabitants in 1981.^[5] In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Xifiani was populated by Slavophones and a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the Greek–Turkish population exchange.^[5] The Macedonian language was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.^[5] Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.^[5] Pontic Greek was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.^[5] Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.^[5]