Kastani
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Kastani (Greek:Καστανή, before 1953: Καστάνιανη, Kastaniani) is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.
Name
In the late 19th century, the scholar Ioannis Lambridis described the village as a place abundant in chestnut tree growth. The placename stems from the Slavic form Kostanjane and is derived from the toponym Kostanj, from the word kostanь meaning 'chestnut' and the suffix -jane, used in the formation of words to denote an inhabitant of a region. The Slavic o became a through Greek in the toponym.
The linguist Kostas Oikonomou stated, toponyms with the suffix jane, also -jani, have Slavic words as their subject and the ending did not become productive in Greek; hence, attributing the above placename to a production from the Greek noun kastano or kastania is inapplicable.
History
The Chronicle of Tsaraplana described Kastaniani as inhabited by Arvanites.