Chrysi Milia
Chrysi (literally means "Golden" in Greek) may refer to the following places: * Chrysi, the Ancient Greek naming for Indochina. *Chrysi (island), an uninhabited island near eastern Crete * Chrysi, Kastoria, a village in the municipal unit Arrenes, Kastoria regional unit *Chrysi, Pella, a village in the municipal unit Exaplatanos Exaplatanos ( el, Εξαπλάτανος; Macedonian: Капињани, ''Kapinjani'';,Todor Hristov Simovski, ''The Inhabited Places of the Aegean Macedonia'' (Skopje 1998), , p. 90. tr, Kapinyari) is a village and a former municipality in the ...

Indochina
Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. It includes the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, with peninsular Malaysia sometimes also being included. The term Indochina (originally Indo-China) was coined in the early nineteenth century, emphasizing the historical cultural influence of Indian and Chinese civilizations on the area. The term was later adopted as the name of the colony of French Indochina (today's Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam). Today, the term, Mainland Southeast Asia, in contrast to Maritime Southeast Asia, is more commonly referenced. Terminology The origins of the name Indo-China are usually attributed jointly to the Danish-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, who referred to the area as in 1804, and the ...
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Chrysi (island)
Chrysi or Chrisi ( el, Χρυσή, Chrysí, lit=golden; also known as Gaidouronisi, el, Γαϊδουρονήσι, Gaïdouronísi, lit=donkey island) is an uninhabited Greek island approximately south of Crete close to Ierapetra in the Libyan Sea. Approximately east of the island is the island of Mikronisi. Administratively these islands fall within the Ierapetra municipality in Lasithi. It contains a small harbour and church, the Church of Saint Nicholas, on its northwestern coast. Tourism It is possible to visit Chrissi by sea from Ierapetra and from Myrtos. There is a nudist beach on the north coast of the island. The highest point on the island is called Kefala ("Head") and it is above sea level. On the western part of the island is the chapel of Saint Nicholas (estimated to date to the 13th century). There are also a salt pan, an old port, some Minoan ruins, a lighthouse and a Roman cemetery. Owing to the shallow waters around Chrissi, snorkelling and diving are popula ...
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Arrenes
Arrenes ( el, Αρρένες) is a former community in Kastoria regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nestorio Nestorio ( el, Νεστόριο, ''Nestório''; Ancient Greek: Βάττυν; mk, Нестрам and bg, Нестрам, ''Nestram'' or Нѐсрам, ''Nésram'') is a village and a municipality in the Kastoria regional unit of Macedonia, Gre ..., of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 134.600 km2. Population 548 (2011). The seat of the community was in Eptachori. Settlements The settlements of the municipal unit are: * Chrysi * Eptachori * Pefkofyto * Zouzouli References Populated places in Kastoria (regional unit) Former municipalities in Western Macedonia {{WMacedonia-geo-stub ...
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Chrysi, Pella
Chrysi ( el, Χρυσή, before 1926: Ζλάτινα - ''Zlatina'') is a village in Pella regional unit, Macedonia, Greece. Chrysi had 1045 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Chrysi was populated by a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the Greek-Turkish population exchange, and Slavophones. The Macedonian language Macedonian (; , , ) is an Eastern South Slavic language. It is part of the Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of a larger Balto-Slavic branch. Spoken as a first language by around two million ... was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings. Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it. Turkish was spoken by people over 60, mainly in private. Table 1: Réfugiés grecs; Footnote 2: Le terme « réfugié » est utilisé ici pour désigner les Grecs d’Asie Mineure qui se sont établis en ...
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