Notia

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Nótia (Greek: Νότια, formerly Νώτια, Megleno-Romanian Nânti or Nânta; Bulgarian Нънте, Нъте or Нѫте; Macedonian: Ноти or Н'ти - Noti, N'ti^[1] - Turkish Nutya or Yediköy) is a village in the Pella Prefecture, Central Macedonia, Greece, at an altitude of 595 m, in the Upper Karadjova Plain. For centuries, it was the largest Meglen Vlach village, and the only one with a regular market.

The population of Notia was Meglen Vlach; its population converted to Islam in the 18th century. With the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey, they were deported to Turkish Eastern Thrace. They were known as Karadjovalides after the name of the vicinity.

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• Thede Kahl, "The Islamisation of the Meglen Vlachs (Megleno-Romanians): The Village of Nânti (Nótia) and the 'Nântinets' in Present-Day Turkey", Nationalities Papers 34:1, March 2006.