A Tour Of Tala and Emba

[Dominic]

In this film I start at Tala Monastery and drive past the cat sanctuary to the centre of the village. Along the way we take a look at the lovely roundabout adorned with statues by Yiota Ioannidou. After we've looked at the central square we continue into the neighbouring village of Emba. We finish near one of the Gateways to Paphos in Chloraka.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUHrH9N1wbc
 

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[ryanaldi]

Dominic, there is no letter B in the Greek language, M and P together make the B sound, so when you see the sign for EMPA or LEMPA, that is the Greek spelling, but it is still pronounced EMBA/LEMBA. Such are the rules of the Greek language, as you are probably finding out with your Greek lessons! Incidentally, we were once told that Lemba was originally Lower Emba, (L.Emba), but someone misread the map and that's how it became Lemba! I don't know if that's true or not, so you can take it with a pinch of salt!
I enjoyed the film by the way, I know the area very well, living in Emba as I do!
Thank you,
Linda

[Dominic]

I know that, but if you think about it, it would then be pronounced EBA, wouldn't it? As far as I am aware, people say EMBA, sounding similar to a dying ember in a fire. Does anybody pronounce it EBA?

Similarly, people say STROUMBI, rather than STROUMPI. Nobody says STROUBI do they?

I like the idea of Lemba being an abbreviation of Lower Emba though. But if I check the PRIO database I find the following:

According to Goodwin, Lemba means “village of embarkation.”

This is what Wikipedia has to say about Emba:

The appellation of the village is purely Greek, belonging to the Cypriot dialect. In this dialect Emba means "enter". It is possible that the name of the village was given because it is built at the entrance of Paphos, that is the edges of the city, through which the travellers from the north, northwest and west came in. Another version mentions that the name was given to the village because it is situated near the coast from where people departed from or arrived to Cyprus by sea, during the Byzantine era or even later during the period of Frankish rule. It is mentioned that King Peter I departed for Europe from the area in 1362. The village is noted as 'Emba' in medieval maps.

So they both pretty much mean the same thing. Confused?

[Dominic]

360 version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvpwjW05TjA