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Fourka (Greek: Φούρκα; Aromanian: Furkă)[2] is a village and a former community in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Konitsa, of which it is a municipal unit.[3] The municipal unit has an area of 32.374 km2.[4] Population 56 (2021).[1]

Name

The toponym is derived either from the Aromanian furca meaning ‘the fork, or distaff‘ or from a Latin loan rendered as fourka in common modern Greek, stemming from the medieval Greek fourka and originating from Latin furca.[5] The word also exists in Romanian as furca and Albanian as furk/ë with the same meaning.[5]

The linguist Kostas Oikonomou wrote the name relates to the geography of the land, as the village, according to local tradition, was located at Paluhoară, a place resembling a fourka and formed by two pits called Visani and Louri.[6] Local tradition attributes the name to forks placed alongside the road leading into the village, so people would not get lost in fog, snow, or stormy weather.[7]

Demography

Fourka has an Aromanian population and is an Aromanian speaking village.[8][9] In the early 21st century, elderly people were bilingual in the community language and Greek, whereas younger residents under 40 might have understood the community language but did not use it.[10] Aromanian multipart singing (polyphony) is practised in the village.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b “Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού – Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό” [Results of the 2021 Population – Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ Koukoudis, Asterios (2003). The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora. Zitros Publications. p. 147. ISBN 9789607760869. Fourka (Furkă), the most northerly of the Pindos Vlach villages.
  3. ^ “ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities” (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  4. ^ “Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)” (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
  5. ^ a b Oikonomou 2002, p. 297.
  6. ^ Oikonomou 2002, pp. 297–298.
  7. ^ Oikonomou 2002, p. 298.
  8. ^ Frost, F. (1988). “A submerged settlement at Skyllaieis”. In Raban, Avner (ed.). Archaeology of Coastal Changes: Proceedings of the First International Symposium “Cities on the Sea-Past and Present” Haifa, Israel, September 22-29, 1986. BAR Publishing. p. 47. ISBN 9780860545194.
  9. ^ Oikonomou 2002, pp. 2, 297.
  10. ^ Oikonomou, Kostas E. (2002). Τα οικωνύμια του νομού Ιωαννίνων. Γλωσσολογική εξέταση [The oikonyms of the prefecture of Ioannina. A linguistic examination] (PDF) (in Greek). Nomarchiaki Aftodioikisi Ioanninon. pp. 2–3. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.
  11. ^ Kahl, Thede (2008). “Multipart Singing among the Aromanians (Vlachs)”. In Ahmedaja, Ardian; Haid, Gerlinde (eds.). European Voices: Multipart singing in the Balkans and the Mediterranean. Böhlau Verlag. p. 268. ISBN 9783205780908.