Skore


Skore is one of the six villages of the former commune of Pogon, in southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull.

Name

In 1431 the toponym is listed as Uskoroyadis. Linguist Yordan Zaimov reconstructs the form as Сковради, Skorovadi and derives it from Old Slavic, from сковрада, Skorovada meaning 'coal pan; pan' and Ylli writes is not supported by the oldest evidence of the name. He states an adjectival formation, сковрада+-уд, Skorovada+-ud would have yielded Скоражда, Skorazhda and no reliable basic form can be reconstructed from the oldest evidence.
The name may be related to Bulgarian скоро ядещ, skoro yadesh as a term for 'someone who eats quickly'. Ylli writes a formation from a personal name Скоро, Skoro and a family name is also possible, but the second part would be unclear. In both cases, only the first part is preserved in the present form.

Demographics

Skore is a Greek speaking village. Inhabitants are Christians and the population was 394 in 1992. According to a 2014 report by the Albanian government, there were 492 Greeks in the village. Inhabitants who migrated from Skore went to Rafina in Greece.

Notable people