Kastani (, before 1953: Καστάνιανη, Kastaniani) is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.
Name In the late 19th century, the scholar Ioannis Lambridis described the village as a place abundant in chestnut tree growth. The placename stems from the Slavic form Kostanjane and is derived from the toponym Kostanj, from the word kostanь meaning 'chestnut' and the suffix -jane, used in the formation of words to denote an inhabitant of a region. The Slavic o became a through Greek in the toponym.
The linguist Kostas Oikonomou stated, toponyms with the suffix jane, also -jani, have Slavic words as their subject and the ending did not become productive in Greek; hence, attributing the above placename to a production from the Greek noun kastano or kastania is inapplicable.
History The Chronicle of Tsaraplana described Kastaniani as inhabited by Arvanites.
See also List of settlements in the Ioannina regional unit
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