Meropi (, before 1928: Ρουμπάτες, Roumpates) is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.
Name The toponym is derived from the surname Roumpatis; it is a plural formation to indicate members of a family and the place where they settled.. Roumpatis stems from the surname Roumpos and the Albanian suffix -at(i) where, in addition to forming ethnonyms, it is used to denote members of a family..
The surname Roumpos stems from the Greek Epirote word roumos meaning 'withered man, small-boned', and alongside another similar term, the Greek Epirote rombos meaning 'knot, the fist', stems from the Slavic rombъ 'rag'.
See also List of settlements in the Ioannina regional unit
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