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Fragkades

Fragkades (, ) is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.

Name

The toponym stems from the surname Frangos and the family ending -ades, comparable to suffixes with -as. The surname Frangos is from the ethnic name Frangos meaning 'foreigner, not native' or 'Catholic, not Orthodox", a medieval borrowing in Greek from the Latin Francus.

History

The village was settled by the inhabitants of the now deserted villages: Tsanades, Strombetsiko, Christoforo and Linou.

Demographics

The village is inhabited by Greeks, and an Aromanian community which has assimilated into the local population.

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