 The name of the settlement "Konispol" is derived from "kon'c" (коньць) and "polya" (поля), Slavic words for "end" and "field" referring to the end of a field.The area was part of the ancient region of Epirus and was inhabited by Chaonian Greeks.In 1943, Konispol is noted for being the battleground of a fierce conflict between German units, Cham collaborators from the Thesprotia province in Greece of the Nuri Dino battalion, and the communist Albanian resistance.