Roumlouki ( el, Ρουμλούκι, from the

Ottoman Turkish Ottoman Turkish ( ota, لِسانِ عُثمانى, Lisân-ı Osmânî, ; tr, Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language used by the citizens of the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extens ...

''Rûmlık'', "place of the

Rûm Rūm ( ar, روم , collective; singulative: Rūmī ; plural: Arwām ; fa, روم Rum or Rumiyān, singular Rumi; tr, Rûm or , singular ), also romanized as ''Roum'', is a derivative of the Aramaic (''rhπmÈ'') and Parthian (''frwm'') te ...

") or Kampania (Καμπανία), is the traditional name of the northeastern part of

Imathia Imathia ( el, Ημαθία ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Macedonia, within the geographic region of Macedonia. The capital of Imathia is the city of Veroia. Administration The regional unit Imath ...

located in Macedonia,

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

, specifically the plain of the lower

Aliakmon River The Haliacmon ( el, Αλιάκμονας, ''Aliákmonas''; formerly: , ''Aliákmon'' or ''Haliákmōn'') is the longest river flowing entirely in Greece, with a total length of . In Greece there are three rivers longer than Haliakmon, Maritsa ( el ...

Location

The term refers to the lowlands between the

Pierian Mountains The Pierian Mountains (or commonly referred to as Piéria) are a mountain range between Imathia, Pieria and Kozani Region, south of the plain of Kambania in Central Macedonia, Greece. The village of Vergina, where the archaeological site of ...

in the south to the wetlands of the

Giannitsa Lake __NOTOC__ Giannitsa Lake ( el, Λίμνη Γιαννιτσών), also known as Loudias Lake ( el, Λίμνη Λουδία) is a former post-glacial lake in Central Macedonia, Greece, south of the town of Giannitsa and north of Gidas (later rename ...

(now drained) in the north, and from the heights east of

Veroia Veria ( el, Βέροια or Βέρροια), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Berea or Berœa, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of I ...

to the mouths of the rivers Aliakmon and

Loudias The Loudias ( el, Λουδίας) or Lydias (Λυδίας), popularly called Mavroneri (Μαυρονέρι, "Blackwater", from its Ottoman Turkish name ''Kara Asmak'' قره آصماق) is a river in Central Macedonia that flows through the r ...

(Ottoman ''Kara Asmak'') in the

Thermaic Gulf The Thermaic Gulf (), also called the Gulf of Salonika and the Macedonian Gulf, is a gulf constituting the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. The city of Thessaloniki is at its northeastern tip, and it is bounded by Pieria Imathia and Larissa ...

. According to some accounts, the name extended up to the

Axios River The Vardar (; mk, , , ) or Axios () is the longest river in North Macedonia and the second longest river in Greece, in which it reaches the Aegean Sea at Thessaloniki. It is long, out of which are in Greece, and drains an area of around ...

in the northeast.

Settlements

The villages that traditionally were accounted as part of the region were Gidas (modern Alexandreia),

Meliki Meliki ( el, Μελίκη) is a village and a former municipality in Imathia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Alexandreia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 98.962&nbs ...

, Koryfi, Nichori ( Neochori), Reshina ( Vrysaki), Nisi, Katafygi, Trichovista, Skylitsi, Kavasila, Stavros, Xechasmeni, Rapsomaniki, Pozarites ( Kefalochori), Episkopi, Loutros, Kapsochora,

Paliochora Paliochora, known by its contemporaries as Agios Dimitrios, was a village of approximately eight-hundred on the island of Kythira in southern Greece. The village was the first major settlement on the island since antiquity, and was sacked by the O ...

, Niseli and Niseloudi,

Trikala Trikala ( el, Τρίκαλα; rup, Trikolj) is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios. According to the Greek National Stati ...

, Karya, Aidonochori, Platy,

Lianovergi Lianovergi ( el, Λιανοβέργι) is a village in Platy municipal unit in eastern Imathia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Alexandreia, of which it is a local community. Transport The village i ...

, Paliochori, Gritzali ( Agathia), Niochoropoulo, Prodromos, Niokastro, Voultista, Mega Alamboro ( Prasinada) and Mikro Alamboro, Mylovos, Kouloura, Diavatos, Mikrogouzi (

Makrochori Makrochori ( el, Μακροχώρι, before 1928: Κωνομπλάτη - ''Konomplati''; Bulgarian and Macedonian: Кономлади, ''Konomladi''), is a village of Kastoria regional unit in Western Macedonia, Greece. History The castle ...

), Metsi (

Mesi The MESI protocol is an Invalidate-based cache coherence protocol, and is one of the most common protocols that support write-back caches. It is also known as the Illinois protocol (due to its development at the University of Illinois at Urbana-C ...

), Ammos, Santena, Geraki, Mavrangeli, Barbesh or Koutlesh (

Vergina Vergina ( el, Βεργίνα, ''Vergína'' ) is a small town in northern Greece, part of Veria municipality in Imathia, Central Macedonia. Vergina was established in 1922 in the aftermath of the population exchanges after the Treaty of Laus ...

), Trichlevo ( Trilofo), Sfinista, Kleidi, Kaliani ( Aloro), Tsinaforo ( Platanos). The actual number of settlements fluctuated, however, as some were abandoned and new ones founded because of the floods of the Aliakmon.

Gallery

Macedonia Greek Costume Roumlouki.JPG, Traditional dress of a woman from the Roumlouki, by Nicolas Sperling Macedonia Greek Costume Roumlouki2.JPG, Traditional dress of a woman from the Roumlouki, by Nicolas Sperling Macedonia Greek Costume Roumlouki3.JPG, Traditional dress of a woman from the Roumlouki, by Nicolas Sperling

References

{{reflist Imathia Historical regions in Greece Macedonia under the Ottoman Empire