Soustal Peter, Überlegungen zu Toponymie der Region Kastoria aus dem osmanischen Defter von 1440

Soustal Peter, 

«Überlegungen zu Toponymie der Region Kastoria aus dem osmanischen Defter von 1440», Recueil des travaux de l’Institut d’études byzantines (ZRVI) 50 (2013), S. 863-871. 

Belgrad 2013 

Summary

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.