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Pelasgia (land of Pelasgians) in ancient Greek historical geography may be an earlier toponym of

Serbia
Epirus
Greece (Hellas)^[1]
Arcadia^[2]
Peloponnese^[3]
Larissa Cremaste a city in Phthiotis, South Thessaly,^[4] where the historical Pelasgiotis district existed also till Late antiquity.

^ Ionic Greek: Pelasgiê , Herodotus 2.56.1 the place where this woman was sold in what is now Hellas, but was formerly called Pelasgia, was Thesprotia
^ Pausanias, 8.4.1 After "the king Arcas" the land was called Arcadia instead of Pelasgia and its inhabitants Arcadians instead of Pelasgians
^ Natural History (Pliny) 4.4 The Peloponnesus, which was formerly called Apia and Pelasgia
^ Strabo, Geographica 9. 5. 13,19 it is also called Larisa Pelasgia

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 '''Pelasgia''' (land of [[Pelasgians]]) in ancient Greek historical geography may be an earlier [[toponym]] of
 *[[Serbia]]
-*[[Albania]]
+*[[Epirus]]
 *[[Greece]] ([[Hellas]])<ref>[[Ionic Greek]]: Pelasgiê , [[Herodotus]] [http://old.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0126:book=2:chapter=56:section=1 2.56.1]   ''the place where this woman was sold in what is now Hellas, but was formerly called Pelasgia, was [[Thesprotia]]'' </ref>
 *[[Arcadia]]<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://old.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160&layout=&loc=8.4.1 8.4.1]  ''After "the king [[Arcas]]" the land was called Arcadia instead of Pelasgia and its inhabitants Arcadians instead of Pelasgians''</ref>