Below we will give you a brief report concerning the names of several areas of the village and we try to explain how these areas got their names:
Tessaraskali: The extent of these pieces of land is 4 scales.
Vromoftides: It was a marshy area with many insects.
Tziamades: The Turkish-Cypriots had their cemetery and mosque in this area.
Kounerkatis: This was an area where the water of the river Karkotis diverted to the fields.
Foinitzia: In this area there were many palm trees (foinikia in greek).
Palioklisia (old church): In this area you can find the ruins of the old church of Saint Epiphanios.
Hadjiemin Efentis: A great landowner owned this area it was named after him.
Archistratigos (commander in chief): Some years ago the church of Archangel Michael was built in this area.
Kantzelia (balusters): Many years ago the area had a railway and in order to protect the people, balusters were built along the rails.
Dodekaskala (12 scales): In this area there are 3 pieces of land. The total extent is 12 scales.
Rodkies (pomegranate): This area was well known for the great number of pomegranates it had. Nowadays only a few of them exist in the area.
Koutroulis: It is a hill in the area which it looks like a dome.
Milaris: In this area there was a small windmill. |
