Talk:Pyla

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Origin of the Pyla name
With no source offered, the claim made in the phrase "The name of the village is Greek which leads to the assumption that the village existed during the Byzantine years." is dubious at best. The majority of the island speaks Greek and has done so for millennia, possibly since Mycenaean times (1600-1100 BC). One cannot reasonably assume that just because Pyla is a Greek name with Greek roots that it traces itself to "the Byzantine years". If we only make a guess based on the name it could literally trace itself to any point over the last 3+ millenia. In any case though, this is Wikipedia, we must collect information from reliable sources; we cannot write stuff based on editors' guesses. No reference is provided for the above claim and due to the dubious reasoning used it does seem like original research (as was already indicated by another editor). For this reason, I'm considering editing out the phrase altogether. Thoughts?

Is Pyla really the only mixed village?
The demographic part on Cyprus’ page states that there are two villages with mixed greek/turk, Pyla and Rizokarpaso.

Yet, on Pyla’s page it’s said " The village is special in the respect that it is the only settlement in Cyprus still inhabited by both its original Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriotinhabitants."

So, is this text wrong, or is the Cyprus’ page wrong? Because one says there is only one and the other says there are two. 74.14.182.92 (talk) 04:59, 8 September 2023 (UTC)