Leptokarya (, before 1927: ÃÂùñÃÂúÿòÃÂÃÂÃÂù â Liaskovetsi; ) is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.
The village is abundant in wild hazel bushes. Linguists Max Vasmer and Demetrius Georgacas derive the toponym from old Slavic LÃÂskovÃÂcÃÂ, stemming from Old Church Slavonic lÃÂskovÃÂ, derived from lÃÂska 'hazel, hazel bush' and the adjectival ending -ovÃÂ, with the suffix -ÃÂcÃÂ and the rendering of the Slavic ÃÂ and ÃÂ into ia and e in Greek.
The village is inhabited by Greeks, and an Aromanian community along with Arvanite families who both have assimilated into the local population. The arrival of Orthodox Albanians (locally called "Arvanites") occurred in the modern period and originate from the wider Souli area in central Greek Epirus.