Does the village of Lapi, presumably in the Messinia province of Greece, still exist?

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Ριζοχώρι – Μεσσηνία | Terrabook

The village name was Lapi, which was believed to refer to the Lab tribe of Albanians (normally rendered in Greek as Liapis, and I wouldn’t be surprised if this is a folk etymology).

As inevitably happened with most foreign-looking village names, the village was renamed to Rizochori in 1940. The link reports that its current population is 60.

https://www.google.com.au/maps/p…

Answered 2017-07-18
[Originally posted on http://quora.com/Does-the-village-of-Lapi-presumably-in-the-Messinia-province-of-Greece-still-exist/answer/Nick-Nicholas-5]

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