Matsouki (Greek: Ματσούκι, Aromanian: Matsutsli, Matsusli)[2][3] 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 North Tzoumerka, of which it is a municipal unit.[4] The municipal unit has an area of 35.360 km2.[5] Population 274 (2021).
Matsouki
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 Location within the regional unit | |
  Matsouki | |
| Coordinates: 39°34′N 21°10′E / 39.567°N 21.167°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | North Tzoumerka |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 35.360 km2 (13.653 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 274 |
| • Municipal unit density | 7.75/km2 (20.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΙΝ |
Name
editLocal tradition derived the placename from the villagers gouging the eye of a terrifying giant on the opposite mountain with a matsouki 'club', or alternatively, from when they used matsoukia 'clubs' to drive away the Ottomans who came to plunder the village.[2] The toponym is derived from the word matsouki, meaning a 'stick, club'.[2] The term matsouka is found in Medieval Greek and borrowed from the Venetian mazzoca.[2] In Aromanian, the forms of the word are măčĭucă and mațucă, in Romanian maciucă and in Albanian macuk/ë, -a, all meaning 'shepherd’s staff'.[2] In relation to the village, matsouki is used as a collective singular to figuratively refer to the many livestock breeders of the area.[2] It can be compared to the famous local pseudo-doctor nicknamed Matsoukas, from matsouka 'shepherd's rod'; who inspired the local phrase 'Matsoukas went from tending goats to becoming a doctor'.[2]
The linguist Kostas Oikonomou wrote that this collective singular usage is supported by the Aromanian form of the toponym, Matsouts/-li, derived from măčĭuțe, the plural form of the Aromanian noun măčĭucă.[2] Oikonomou stated a derivation from the surname Matsoukis cannot be ruled out through its alteration into a neuter form to match the grammatical gender of words like village, estate and so on.[6] The surname Matsoukis was formed in the same way as the personal name Matsoukas mentioned above.[6]
Demographics
editReferences
edit- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Oikonomou 2002, p. 186.
- 1 2 Koukoudis, Asterios (2003). The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora. Zitros Publications. p. 82. ISBN 9789607760869.
another group of Vlach villages... Matsouki (Matsúsli)
- ↑ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 Oikonomou 2002, p. 187.
- ↑ Oikonomou 2002, pp. 2, 186.
- ↑ 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.
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