Gardiki ( el, Γαρδίκι), older form Gardikion, is a Greek toponym derived from proto-Slavic ''Gordьkь'', "town, fortified settlement" (cf.
Grad (toponymy)
Grad () is an Proto-Slavic, Old Slavic word meaning "town", "city", "castle" or "fortified settlement". Initially present in all related languages as ''Gord (archaeology), gord'', it can still be found as ''grad'', ''gradić'', ''horod'' or Gorod ...
), and may refer to the following villages in Greece and Albania:
*Greek for
Kardhiq
Kardhiq is a village in the former Cepo commune, Gjirokastër County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Gjirokastër. The village is inhabited by Muslim Albanians and an Orthodox Albanian population.Kal ...
, a village in southern Albania
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Gardiki Omilaion, a village in Phthiotis, part of
Spercheiada
Spercheiada ( el, Σπερχειάδα) is a town and a former municipality in the western part of Phthiotis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Makrakomi
Makrakomi ( el, Μακρακώμη) is a town an ...
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Gardiki, Thesprotia, a village in Thesprotia, part of
Souli
Souli ( el, Σούλι) is a municipality in Epirus, northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town of Paramythia.
Name and History
The origin of the name Souli is uncertain. In the earliest historical text about Souli, written ...
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Gardiki, Filiates, a village in Thesprotia, part of
Filiates
Filiates ( el, Φιλιάτες; ) is a town and a municipality in Thesprotia, Greece. It is located in the northernmost part of the regional unit, bordering western Ioannina regional unit and southern Albania.
Name
The region of Filiates was kno ...
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Gardiki, Phthiotis, a village in Phthiotis regional unit, now named Pelasgia
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Gardiki, Trikala
Gardiki (Greek: Γαρδίκη) is a village and a community in the Trikala regional unit of Greece's Thessaly region. It is part of the municipal unit of Aithikes. The 2011 census recorded 58 residents in the village and 143 in the community.
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, a village in the Trikala regional unit
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Mega Gardiki, a village in the Ioannina regional unit, part of
Pasaronas
Pasaronas ( el, Πασαρώνας) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Zitsa, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 135 ...
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Gardiki Castle, Corfu
Gardiki Castle ( gr, Κάστρο Γαρδικίου) is a 13th-century Byzantine castle on the southwestern coast of Corfu and the only surviving medieval fortress on the southern part of the island. It was built by a ruler of the Despotate o ...
, castle on Corfu island built in the 13th century AD
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Gardiki Castle, Arcadia Gardiki Castle was a medieval fortress and settlement in southern Arcadia, Greece.
History
Gardiki existed as a settlement before the 13th century. Its name, which derives from a Slavic term for "small fort", demonstrates the naturally fortified ...
, castle near Chirades, municipality of Megalopoli
*An older name for the village of
Anavryto
Anavryto ( el, Αναβρυτό, before 1927: Γαρδίκι - ''Gardiki'') is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit Falaisia, Arcadia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Anavryto and Kato Anavryto, 1 km south of Anav ...
, Arcadia
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Gardikaki ("Little Gardiki"), an older name for the village of Oiti in Phthiotis
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Palaiogardiki ("Old Gardiki"), site of the ancient city of
Pelinna
Pelinna (Πέλιννα) or Pelinnaeum ( gr, Πελινναῖον) Arrian, ''Anabasis'', 1.7. was an ancient Greek polis (city-state) of Ancient Thessaly, in the district Histiaeotis, a little above the left bank of the Peneius.
The city had a ...
, in Thessaly
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