Delvinaki
village in Ioannina, Epirus, Greece
Delvinaki (Greek: Δελβινάκι) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 255.8 km2, the community 54.8 km2. In 2021 its population was 538 for the village and 1,609 for the municipal unit. Delvinaki is part of the traditional area of Pogoni.
Delvinaki lies along the EO22 road, currently part of European route E853, which links Kalpaki with the Albanian border. The border crossing Kakavia is west of town. The town of Delvinaki is located in a valley bordered by hills with grazing lands and is a regional government administrative centre.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit of Delvinaki is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
Agia Marina
Argyrochori
Charavgi
Delvinaki
Farangi (formerly Gouveri)
Kastani
Kerasovo
Kryoneri
Ktismata (Ktismata, Neochori)
Limni
Mavropoulo (Mavropoulo, Zavrocho, Chrysodouli)
Oreino Xirovaltou (Oreino, Xirovaltos)
Peristeri
Pontikates
Stratinista
Teriachi (Teriachi, Stavrodromi)
Vissani
Etymology
According to linguist Konstantinos Oikonomou, Delvinaki is a Greek formation and derives from the toponym Delvino, with the Greek diminutive suffix ‑aki added to it; probably in order to differentiate it from the neighboring settlement of Delvinë. Furthermore, Oikonomou and Phaedon Malingoudis presented Delvino as deriving from the Slavic noun dьlva (Proto-Slavic *dьly) 'cauldron, pot', which is used in toponyms to denote a 'valley' or 'basin', and the Slavic suffix ‑ьnъ; the ь of the first syllable, denoting /ĭ/, was rendered as /e/ in Greek.
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