Gialia

Gialia or Yialia is a village in the Paphos district, located twelve kilometers northeast of Polis, five kilometers northeast of Argaka, and three kilometers from Chrysochou bay. Goodwin claims that the original name of the village was Eyialia, meaning “near the coast” in ancient Greek. In 1958, the Turkish Cypriots of the village adopted the alternative name Yayla, meaning “high plateau.” They probably chose this name because of its similarity to the Greek original.