Word origins

• LambrosA surname from Greek.
• ThiraSantorini (an island of Greece).
• MilasA surname from Greek.
• VlahosA surname from Greek.
• EconomidesA surname from Greek.
• DimopoulosA surname from Greek.
• TheodorouA surname from Greek.
• PetrakisA surname from Greek.
• EvrosA river in southeastern Europe that flows through Bulgaria and down the border between Greece and Turkey before emptying into the Aegean Sea.
• tzatzikiAn appetizer made from yogurt, cucumber, garlic, olive oil and dill or mint; usually served with pita bread and as a meze
• DimitriouA surname from Greek.
• meltemiA strong, dry, northerly, seasonal wind in the Aegean sea; etesian wind.
• GeorgiadisA surname from Greek.
• GeorgopoulosA surname from Greek.
• PantelisA male given name from Greek
• KarditsaA city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece; it is the capital city of the prefecture with the same name.
• LasithiA regional unit in the east of Crete.
• KellisA surname from Greek.
• GrevenaA city in Grevena prefecture, Greece.
• VlachosA surname from Greek.
• dolmaAny of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally consists of rice, minced meat or grains, together with onion, herbs and spices.
• SpyridonA male given name from Greek.
• PyrgosA town in Elis, Peloponnese, Greece, not far from Olympia.
• hylA unit of mass that is accelerated at a rate of 1 meter per second squared (1 m/s²) by a force of 1 kilogram-force, equivalent to 9.80665 kilograms.
• NafplioA large town in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece.
• SfakiaA mountainous area in the southwest of Crete.
• FotopoulosA surname from Greek.
• StavropoulosA surname from Greek.
• StathopoulosA surname from Greek.
• AlexopoulosA surname from Greek.
• ELOTThe Greek national standards organization.
• VasiliosA transliteration of the Greek male given name Βασίλειος (Vasíleios), equivalent to Basil.
• StylianosA transliteration of the Greek male given name Στυλιανός (Stylianós), used in Greece.
• DoukasA surname from Greek.
• RallisA surname from Greek.
• RaptisA surname from Greek, equivalent to English Taylor.
• ScutariFormer name of Üsküdar.
• SiderisA surname from Greek.
• PetropolisA municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; former state capital.
• EconomosA surname from Greek.
• PsaraA Greek island in the Aegean Sea.
• KomotiniA city in Thrace, northeastern Greece.
• GiannopoulosA surname from Greek, feminine equivalent Giannopoulou and Yiannopoulou; variant forms Gianopoulos, Gianopulos, Yannopoulos, Yiannopoulos.
• SavvaA transliteration of the Greek male given name Σάββα (Sávva).
• GalanisA surname from Greek.
• IliopoulosA surname from Greek.
• ArvanitisA surname from Greek.
• GrigorisA transliteration of the Greek male given name Γρηγόρης (Grigóris).
• ZervasA surname from Greek.
• DemopoulosA surname from Greek.
• PapanikolaouA surname from Greek.
• KatsarosA surname from Greek.
• SamothrakiSynonym of Samothrace, an island of Greece.
• DafniA city 10 km south of downtown Athens in Attica, Greece.
• PantazisA surname from Greek.
• AdamantidisA surname from Greek.
• afeliaA Cypriot dish consisting of pork marinated and cooked in red wine with coarsely crushed coriander seed
• agrimiA type of goat with long horns that curl back, native to Crete, subspecies Capra hircus cretica, sometimes Capra aegagrus cretica et al.
• AigioA town in Greece located in the northeastern Achaea prefecture
• AlexandroupoliA city in Greece and the capital of the Evros Prefecture in Thrace.
• All HolinessUsed in connection with His or Your to address to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and the metropolitan bishop of Thessaloniki.
• AlopekiA settlement near ancient Athens.
• AmfikleiaA town in the Central Greece region of Greece.
• AnastosA surname from Greek.
• andarteA Greek guerrilla fighter, especially as part of the Resistance during the Second World War.
• andartesThe Greek resistance, and its members, during World War II
• AngelopoulouA transliteration of the Greek surname Αγγελόπουλου (Angelópoulou).
• ano teleiaSynonym of high point: · or ·.
• anthotyrosA Greek cheese made from goat or ewe milk.
• AntonopoulosA surname from Greek.
• ApteraAn ancient city in western Crete, now an archaeological site.
• armatoleA Greek armed mercenary who enforced Ottoman rule in Greece from the 15th century onward; during the Greek War of Independence (1821–1832), many armatoloi became pro-independence guerrilla fighters opposed to Ottoman rule.
• artophorionThe tabernacle on the high altar in an Eastern Orthodox church
• ArvaniticA form of the Albanian language spoken by a minority in Greece.
• ArvanitikaAn archaic form of the Albanian language spoken by a linguistic minority in Greece.
• AtalianisA surname from Greek.
• AthanaselisA surname from Greek.
• AthanasellisA surname from Greek.
• avgolemonoAny of a family of Mediterranean sauces and soups made with egg and lemon juice mixed with broth.
• AvraamA transliteration of the Greek male given name Αβραάμ (Avraám).
• baglamasA plucked stringed instrument, a long-necked bowl lute, played in Greek music and often made of improvised materials; it is a high-pitched and small bouzouki with one string in an octave pair on the lower D and unison pairs on the four highest strings.
• bakasA surname from Greek.
• BaklahoraniAn annual carnival celebrated on Shrove Monday by the Greek Orthodox community in Istanbul.
• biftekiA kind of Greek beef patty or rissole.
• birosA surname.
• CalligasA surname from Greek, equivalent to English Farrier.
• CamulianaAn ancient town in Turkey, from Ancient Greece.
• CatsourasA surname from Greek.
• CattigaraÓc Eo (archeological site in modern-day Vietnam)
• ChatzimanolakisA surname from Greek
• ChristopoulosA surname from Greek.
• Church of CyprusOne of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian churches.
• CorfiotA person from Corfu.
• daktylaA rustic leavened bread from Greece, with a segmented shape resembling fingers. It is traditionally made from a mix of wheat flours and fine cornmeal, which gives it a light yellow colour, and is topped with sesame and nigella seeds.
• DaleziosA transliteration of the Greek surname Δαλέζιος (Dalézios).
• demogerontiaA local government in Greece.
• Demotic GreekThe Modern Greek vernacular language. It became the official Modern Greek in 1976 when Katharevousa was replaced. Most Demotic words integrated in Standard Modern Greek, whereas others are rare or dialectal or literary.
• demoticismSupport for the demotic form of the Greek language rather than Katharevousa.
• DhimotikiDemotic Greek.
• diaconiconA sacristy for sacred vessels in a Greek church, on the south side of the bema or sanctuary.