Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| avgolemono | a soup or sauce made from chicken stock, lemon juice and egg yolks. Pl. AVGOLEMONOS. |
| bazouki bousouki bouzouki buzuki | a Greek long-necked lute with 3 or 4 double courses of metal strings. |
| calamata kalamata | an aubergine-coloured Greek olive. |
| doula | a woman trained to give support after childbirth. |
| enosis | political union, esp. that proposed between Greece and Cyprus. Pl. ENOSES or ENOSISES. |
| evzone | a soldier in an elite Greek infantry regiment. |
| feta fetta | a kind of cheese. |
| flokati | a hand-woven Greek rug. |
| halloumi haloumi | a Greek meal of goat's cheese. |
| horiatiki | a traditional Greek salad > HORIATIKIS. |
| kamelaukion | a tall cylindrical hat worn by Orthodox priests. Pl. KAMELAUKIONS. |
| keftedes | a Greek dish of meatballs cooked with herbs and onions. |
| klepht | a (Greek) brigand. [Mod. Gr. klephtes, from Gk. kleptes, thief]. |
| klephtic | of or like a KLEPHT, a (Greek) brigand. |
| kumbaloi | worry beads. No -S. |
| meltemi | a northerly wind in the NE Mediterranean. |
| mousaka moussaka | a kind of casserole with layers of mince and vegetables, popular in the Balkans. |
| ouzo | an aniseed-flavored Greek liqueur. |
| palikar | a Greek soldier. |
| pastitsio pastitso | a dish of mincemeat and macaroni topped with bechamel sauce. |
| phrygana | an uncultivated open scrubland of the Mediterranean region, aka GARIGUE. |
| retsina | a Greek alcoholic drink. |
| romaika | a modern Greek dance. [Mod. Gr. Rhomaikos, Roman]. |
| skordalia | a dip of cold whipped potatoes and garlic served with pita bread. |
| souvlaki souvlakia | a Greek dish of lamb, similar to a shish kebab. |
| taramasalata | a fish pâté made from the roe of the grey mullet or from smoked cod's roe, mixed with garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, etc. |
| taverna | in Greece, a type of guesthouse with a bar. |
| turcopole | a light-armed soldier of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem. [Mod. Gr. Turkopoulon, a Turkish boy]. |
| tyropitta tyropita | a Greek cheese pie. |
| tzatziki | a Greek dish made of yoghurt and finely sliced or chopped cucumber flavoured with garlic etc. |