Kaliarda

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proper noun

A cant used by the homosexual community in Greece, similar to Polari in Britain, in use since the 1940s. It uses a large amount of borrowings from French, Italian and Turkish. Once a secret language to evade the hostile community, it is now widely known thanks to television and thus not used much nowadays.

OriginGreek καλιαρντά →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A cant used by the homosexual community in Greece, similar to Polari in Britain, in use since the 1940s. It uses a large amount of borrowings from French, Italian and Turkish. Once a secret language to evade the hostile community, it is now widely known thanks to television and thus not used much nowadays.

Origin

  1. Greekκαλιαρντά
  2. EnglishKaliarda

From Greek καλιαρντά (kaliarntá).

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Translations

Greek καλιαρντά
  • καλιαρντά (kaliarntá)Gay community slang
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APA

Kaliarda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kaliarda

MLA

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Chicago

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