Neapoli, Kozani

An original name of modern Neapoli was Lapsista (Λαψίστα). The word lafsh/ë along with either the Slavic ending or Albanian suffix ishta resulted in the phonetic form ''l'afšišta/liafšišta through the Albanian l'' (l'i) and Leafšišta or Leausista (Λεαυσίστα) where i became e near the l. In the last form of the toponym, the sound ea turned into a and fš became ps (ψ) resulting in Lapsista (Λαψίστα). Other villages with the name are Ano (Upper) and Lower (Kato) Lapsista in Greek Epirus. Under Ottoman rule, the town was known as Nasliç () in Turkish. In Greek, the form Anaselitsa (Ανασελίτσα), derived from a nearby village Seltsa (modern Eratyra) was also used for the town and the wider area until the late 1920s. ==History==

Michael Kalinderis lists Leipista as populated by Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades. The 1920 Greek census recorded 1401 people in the town, and 250 inhabitants (130 families) were Muslim in 1923. The town mosque was destroyed and some remnants of its masonry were incorporated in the foundations of the Financial Tax Office building. ==References==