Anilio, Ioannina


Anilio is a village and a community of the Metsovo municipality. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Metsovo, of which it is a municipal district. The 2021 census recorded 548 residents in Anilio. The community of Anilio covers an area of 42.637 km2. Anilio is located close to Metsovo.
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Name

The village name in Aromanian is Kiare and stems from the noun keare, from the verb ker meaning 'to perish, to die' and derived from Latin perire 'to be consumed, to perish' with a change of the Latin p to k in Aromanian. Linguist Kostas Oikonomou wrote the Greek toponym Anilio is probably a translation of the Aromanian name Kiare. As the location of village is opposite Metsovo it was also called Prosilio in Greek.

Demographics

Anilio has an Aromanian population and is an Aromanian speaking village.

Notable people