Skore

Skore Σχωριάδες
Village
Skore
Coordinates: 40°6′N 20°22′E / 40.100°N 20.367°E / 40.100; 20.367
Country	Albania
County	Gjirokastër
Municipality	Dropull
Administrative unit	Pogon
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code	6007[1]

Skore (Albanian definite form: Skoreja, Greek: Σχωριάδες) is one of the six villages of the former commune of Pogon, in southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull.^[2]

Name

In 1431 the toponym is listed as Uskoroyadis.^[3] Linguist Yordan Zaimov reconstructs the form as Сковради, Skorovadi and derives it from Old Slavic, from сковрада, Skorovada meaning 'coal pan; pan' and Ylli writes is not supported by the oldest evidence of the name.^[3] He states an adjectival formation, сковрада+-уд, Skorovada+-ud would have yielded Скоражда, Skorazhda and no reliable basic form can be reconstructed from the oldest evidence.^[3]

The name may be related to Bulgarian скоро ядещ, skoro yadesh as a term for 'someone who eats quickly'.^[3] Ylli writes a formation from a personal name Скоро, Skoro and a family name is also possible, but the second part would be unclear.^[3] In both cases, only the first part is preserved in the present form.^[3]

Demographics

Skore is a Greek speaking village.^[4][5] Inhabitants are Christians and the population was 394 in 1992.^[6] According to a 2014 report by the Albanian government, there were 492 Greeks in the village.^[7] Inhabitants who migrated from Skore went to Rafina in Greece.^[8]

Notable people

• Nikolaos Kalyvas (1898/1900 - 1944),^[9] Greek trade unionist and deputy minister of Labour during the Axis occupation of Greece, killed by OPLA.

See also

• Greeks in Albania

References

1. "Kodi Postar, Qarku Gjirokastër" [Postal Code, Gjirokastër County] (PDF). Posta Shqiptare. 2017.
2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
3. Ylli, Xhelal (1997). Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen. Teil 2: Ortsnamen [Slavic Loan Material in Albanian. Part 2: Placenames] (PDF) (in German). Verlag Otto Sagner. p. 167. ISBN 9783876907727. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2022.
4. Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1967). Epirus. The Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and the Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Clarendon P. p. 29. ISBN 9780198142539. seven Greek-speaking villages nearly 3,000 ft. above sea-level (Poliçan, Skorë
5. Clayer, Nathalie (2018). Aux origines du nationalisme albanais. La naissance d'une nation majoritairement musulmane en Europe [The origins of Albanian nationalism. The birth of a predominantly Muslim nation in Europe] (in French). Karthala. p. 117. ISBN 9782811125356. village grécophone de Skore, dans le Pogon
6. Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "Η Ελληνική Κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το Πρίσμα της Ιστορικής Γεωγραφίας και Δημογραφίας" [The Greek Community of Albania in Terms of Historical Geography and Demography] (PDF). In Veremis, Thanos; Kouloumpis, Thodoros; Nikolakopoulos, Ilias (eds.). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [Hellenism of Albania] (in Greek). Ekdoseis Sideris. p. 57. ISBN 9789600800548. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2025.
7. "Fourth Report submitted by Albania pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Albania. p. 98. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
8. Sintès, Pierre (2010). La raison du mouvement. Territoires et réseaux de migrants albanais en Grèce [The reason for movement: Territories and networks of Albanian migrants in Greece] (in French). Karthala. p. 410. ISBN 9782811103903.
9. Koukounas, Dimosthenis (1999). Οι Έλληνες πολιτικοί 1926-1949 [The Greek politicians 1926-1949] (in Greek). Athens: Metron. p. 83. ISBN 978-960-7201-53-9.