Vasiliko (, before 1928: äÃÂñÃÂñÃÂûñýì, Tsaraplana) is a village in the municipality of Pogoni, Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. It is situated at an altitude of 800 m. It is 3 km east of Kefalovryso, 13 km west of Konitsa, 16 km south of Leskovik (Albania) and 44 km northwest of Ioannina.
The toponym is formed from the Slavic noun cerÃÂ, generic cera, from Latin cerrus meaning 'oak' and planina 'mountain, hill. The toponym began as Tseraplanina and later became Tsaraplana with the assimilation of the sounds e-a into a-a and the dissimilation of the syllables -ni-. According to locals the place name is derived from the Slavic word carÃÂ, a term used for Russian, Ottoman and medieval Bulgarian heads of state. Linguist Kostas Oikonomou states this view is of a later origin and the mistaken association with the word carÃÂ led to the village being officially renamed Vasiliko 'king' in Greek, a name change which preserved and strengthened the tradition.
Part of the village population are Aromanian speakers. In the early 21st century, elderly people were bilingual in the community language and Greek, whereas younger residents under 40 might have understood the community language but did not use it.