▁lack ▁of ▁sh ade . ▁Over ▁the ▁centuries ▁the ▁pron unci ation ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁changed ▁from ▁" A sk ia " ▁to ▁" A sh ia ". ▁S . ▁Men and ros , ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁" Top onomy ▁of ▁Cy pr us " ▁( A th ens , ▁ 1 9 0 7 ), ▁writes : ▁" An ▁old ▁village ▁called ▁Ash ia ▁is ▁mentioned ▁many ▁times ▁in ▁texts ▁from ▁the ▁period ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁kingdom ▁of ▁Cy pr us ▁and ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁constit uted ▁the ▁bal ia z zo ▁d ' Α sch a ▁according ▁to ▁Ven et ian ▁census . ▁In ▁the ▁" Ass ises " ▁the ▁name ▁is ▁sp elled ▁A sch ia , ▁ Α chia , ▁As qu ie ▁and ▁According ▁to ▁Mah eras ▁Ask ia ▁and ▁A he a . ▁All ▁evidence ▁suggests ▁that ▁despite ▁the ▁differences ▁in ▁sp elling , ▁all ▁the ▁double ▁con son ants ▁in ▁the ▁name , ▁i . e . ▁sh , ▁sk , ▁sq ▁or ▁ch , ▁were ▁most ▁probably ▁pron ounced ▁similarly ▁to ▁the ▁heavy ▁Italian ▁sc ." ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁popular ▁belief ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁Greek ▁word ▁" ask i " ▁( pl ural ▁" ask ia ") ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁type ▁of ▁vessel ▁for ▁carrying ▁liqu ids , ▁mainly ▁water ▁and ▁wine , ▁made ▁of ▁animal ▁skin ▁( she ep , ▁go at ). ▁During ▁some ▁legend ary ▁fe asts , ▁which ▁included ▁drink ing ▁compet itions , ▁the