A pear tree with round very tasty pears, like apples, called milápkia.
Name - Origin
Cypriot name of food
Μηλάππης. Miláppis.
Greek name - description
A pear tree with round very tasty pears, like apples, called milápkia (Pharmakidou XP, 2003, p. 321).
Language remarks
Milápkia is also pronounced moulápkia.
Additional information and bibliography
Time period
19th - 20th c.
Supplementary Information
Pears in Cyprus were traditionally divided into: milapkia, chrousapkia and aoustapkia (Pharmakidou XP, 2003, p. 321).
Bibliography
Pharmakidou XP (1983). Γλωσσάριον Ξενοφώντος Π. Φαρμακίδου, [Υλικά διά την σύνταξιν Ιστορικού Λεξικού της Κυπριακής Διαλέκτου, μέρος Β', έκδ. Θεοφανώς Δ. Κυπρή], Centre for Scientific Research, Nicosia, 2nd ed., 2003.
Researcher/Recorder
Stalo Lazarou