Kranionas (, before 1926: Δρανοβαίνη – ''Dranovaini'';
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Macedonian
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: Дреновени - ''Drenoveni'') is a village and a community in
Kastoria Regional Unit,
Macedonia
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* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
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,
Greece
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.
The residents spoke the Dolna Korèshcha variant of the
Kostur dialect
The Kostur dialect (, ''Kosturski dijalekt'') is a member of the Southwestern subgroup of the Southeastern group of dialects of the Macedonian language. This dialect is mainly spoken in and around the town of Kastoria, known locally in Maced ...
. The village consisted of two separate parts: Gorna (Upper) Maala (Quarter) and Dolna (Lower) Maala, separated by one kilometer, with the village river running between the quarters.
[Koroloff, Larry. Drenoveni. The Life and Demise of a Macedonian Village. Pickering, 2014. p. 3 ]
In mid–1941 Kranionas along with Slavic Macedonian inhabitants from several villages partook in a celebration commemorating the Battle of Lokvata, fought by Bulgarian revolutionaries (
Komitadjis) against
Ottoman soldiers in 1903.
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.
[.] The village Kranionas had a total of 623 inhabitants, populated by 60
Slavophones.
[ "(Άνω και Κάτω) Κρανιώνας, Πληθυσμός: 623, Σλαυόφωνοι: 60"]
References
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Populated places in Kastoria (regional unit)
Kastoria