Vagalat

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Vagalat
Βαγγαλάτι
Village
Vagalat is located in Albania
Vagalat
Vagalat
Coordinates: 39°45′32.27″N 20°6′58.83″E / 39.7589639°N 20.1163417°E / 39.7589639; 20.1163417Coordinates: 39°45′32.27″N 20°6′58.83″E / 39.7589639°N 20.1163417°E / 39.7589639; 20.1163417
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityFiniq
Municipal unitLivadhe
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Vagalat (Greek: Βαγγαλάτι) is a village in the former commune of Livadhe, Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality of Finiq.[1] A 1993 study by Leonidas Kallivretakis found that the total population of the village was 1058, all of them part of the Greek community in Albania.[2] Its name contains the Albanian siffix -at, widely used to form toponyms from personal names and surnames.[3][4]

Demographics

The Ottoman defter of 1582 for the Sanjak of Delvina provides records for the village of Vagalat. A significant portion of the anthroponyms recorded in the register belonged to the Albanian onomastic sphere, including personal names such as Bos, Dedë, Dodë, Gjergj, Gjin, Gjokë, Gjon, Lalë, Lekë, Muzhak, and others. However, more ambiguous or general Christian anthroponyms that were historically used by both Albanian and non-Albanian groups are also attested. In Vagalat, halft of the population recorded bore either an Albanian personal name or patronym. These figures do not take into account kinship ties shared between individuals bearing typical Albanian anthroponymy and those bearing more ambiguous names, and also do not include those bearing names that can be etymologically explained through Albanian (e.g., Bardhi, Buzmiri, Buzuku). As such the ethnic Albanian element must have represented a larger proportion. [5]

References

  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ Καλλιβρετάκης, Λεωνίδας (1995), Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής γεωγραφίας και δημογραφίας, p. 52, ISBN 978-960-08-0054-8, retrieved 2021-02-12
  3. ^ Çabej, Eqerem (1976). Studime gjuhësore: Hyrje në historinë e gjuhës shqipe. Fonetika historike. Parashtesat. Biblioteka Linguistikë (in Albanian). Rilindja. p. 210. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  4. ^ Dhrimo, Ali (2008). Për shqipen dhe shqiptarët. Për shqipen dhe shqiptarët. Infbotues. p. 425. ISBN 978-99956-720-0-3.
  5. ^ Gjergji, Andromaqi (1987). "Disa të dhëna per popullsinë e zones së delvinës në shek. XVI". Kultura Popullore (1): 195–7.


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