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• Greco
  Greco

  noun

  José 1918–2001, U.S. dancer and choreographer, born in Italy.
• Greco-
  Greco-

  a combining form representing Greek in compound words.

Greco

¹ American  

[grek-oh, gre-kaw] / ˈgrɛk oʊ, ˈgrɛ kɔ /

noun

1. José 1918–2001, U.S. dancer and choreographer, born in Italy.

2. El El Greco.

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Greco- ² American  

1. a combining form representing Greek in compound words.

   Greco-Roman.

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Greco- ¹ British  

/ ˈɡrɛkəʊ, ˈɡriːkəʊ /

combining form

1. a variant (esp US) of Graeco-

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Greco ² British  

/ ˈɡrɛkəʊ /

noun

1. El. See El Greco

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Etymology

Origin of Greco-

< Latin Graec ( us ) Greek + -o-

Example Sentences

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Displays have included rarities like a 1792 linen shirt belonging to a son of Marie Antoinette and the Yves Saint-Laurent mid-1960s Mondrian dress that belonged to French singer Juliette Greco.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

An Albuquerque Police Department commander, Ray Del Greco, said the APD responded to 235 calls at or around Quirky over the course of a year.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026

"Paige meant everything to us. Her kindness, her determination and her warmth touched our family every single day," Mrs Greco said.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025

Greco had resigned from her official City Hall post last year amid FBI investigation, her property raided in connection with campaign fundraising concerns.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2025

When Guy Greco ended the music, howls of protest greeted him.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

Slavs and Greco- Latins, Teutons and Celts, I think they were probably in Europe any time these many hundreds of thousands of years.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris