Überlegungen zu Toponymen der Region Kastoria aus dem Osmanischen defter von 1440

Abstract

Defter number 237 of the Başbakanlık arşivi (Archives of the office of the Prime Minister) in İstanbul dated approximately to the year 1440 is a valuable source for about 70 villages situated in the Region of Kastoria (Northern Greece). On the basis of recently published studies of Charalampos P. Symeōnidēs, Geōrgios Tsotsos and Angelikē Delikarē the identification, localization and etymology of 47 selected toponyms are discussed.

Keywords

• Historical Geography of the Late Middle Ages
• Ottoman Taxe-Register
• Slavonic
• Greek and Albanian Placenames
• Northern Greece
• Kastoria