Ioannina (Greek: Ιωάννινα, Greek pronunciation: [io̞ˈɐ.ni.nɐ]), often called Yannena (Γιάννενα, Greek pronunciation: [ˈʝɐ.ne̞.nɐ]) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of Epirus, an administrative region in north-western Greece, with a population of 112,486 (in 2011). It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 metres (1,640 feet) above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis (Παμβώτις). It is located within the Ioannina municipality, and is the capital of Ioannina regional unit and the region of Epirus. Ioannina is located 450 km (280 mi) northwest of Athens, 290 kilometres (180 miles) southwest of Thessaloniki and 80 km (50 miles) east of the port of Igoumenitsa in the Ionian Sea.
Founded by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the 6th century AD, Ioannina flourished following the Fourth Crusade, when many wealthy Byzantine families fled there in the early 13th century following the sack of Constantinople. It was part of the Despotate of Epirus from 1358 to 1416, before surrendering to the Ottomans in 1430. Between 1430 and 1868 the city was the administrative center of the Pashalik of Yanina. In the period between the 18th and 19th centuries, the city was a major center of the modern Greek Enlightenment. Ioannina joined Greece in 1913 following the Balkan Wars.
Janina may refer to:
Janina is a Polish nobility clan coat-of-arms. Borne by several noble families descended in the-male line from the medieval lords of Janina (the eponyms of the clan) or legally adopted into the clan upon ennoblement.
Janina is the only coat of arms represented on the sky as constellation - Scutum. It was created by Johannes Hevelius in 1684, and originally named it Scutum Sobiescianum (the shield of Sobieski) to commemorate the victory of the Polish forces led by King John III Sobieski in the Battle of Vienna in 1683. Later, the name was shortened to Scutum.
The coat of arms was used in a variety of tinctures and designs, varying greatly from family to family. All of them depicted what is described in the alternative names for the Janina, that is a "field in a field" or a "shield within a shield".
Most notable bearers of this coat of arms include:
Oh Lord C.J. Lewis back pon dem case again
All of the gall dem no worry cah we come
Ya fi defend lord have his mercy
This a di New York style, this a the London style
This a the Kingston style
Watch me now rude boy
Chorus:
R to the A to G to the G to the A, HEY
(Repeat x4)
Mi tell you man have to move
Move unu body and get in the groove
Stop gwan like unu mind confuse
Put on your shirt and your dancing shoes HEY
Mi tell you man have to move
Like dynamite me a light them fuse
Some a dem a win some a dem must lose
Settle yourself cah you soon get choose HEY
Beca the people a fuss and a fight
Long tim eme tell them seh that no right
Step out the dark and step in the light
Stop grudge full and full up a spike
Make them know when me take up the mic
Them people better come out a sight
All of the gall we a squeeze them tight
A them kind a vibes whe the people them like
So we say
(Chorus)
Me tell you man have fi fret
Like cigarette me a burn them neck
Tell all the gall me a di girls dem pet
Make them worry and make them sweat HEY
Me tell you man have fi fret
Mine how you walk and mind how you step
Just grateful you get whe you get
Cah nuff a dem a make them life get reck HEY
Beca the people whe stand over there
Fix up you self and come over here
Big and we ruff and you know we gone clear
Explosions like we are nuclear
Tell all the bad bwoy them we no care
We no get scared rude bwoy we no fear
Peace and love in a the atmosphere
But if them a test then me well prepare
So we say
(Chorus)
So me say move una body in a motion
Like the ship dem whe sail pan di ocean
Move unu body in a motion beca you know
Seh we full up a action, gwan (Repeat)
Beca the people a fuss and a fight
Long time me tell them seh that no right
Step out the dark and step in the light
Stop grudge full and full up a spice
Make them know hen me take up the mic
Them people better come outa sight
All a the gall we a squeeze them light
A them kind a vibes whe the people them like