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Greco

1

[ grek-oh; Spanish, Italian gre-kaw ]

noun

  1. Jo·sé [hoh-, zey, haw-, se], 1918–2001, U.S. dancer and choreographer, born in Italy.
  2. El [el]. El Greco.


Greco-

2
  1. a combining form representing Greek in compound words:

    Greco-Roman.

Greco-

1

/ ˈɡrɛkəʊ; ˈɡriːkəʊ /

combining_form

  1. a variant (esp US) of Graeco-
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Greco

2

/ ˈɡrɛkəʊ /

noun

  1. El. See El Greco
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Greco1

< Latin Graec ( us ) Greek + -o-
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Example Sentences

It started in the south, Chan says, then spread to Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Iran, as well as to the Greco-Roman world.

So why let ‘300’ get by with mangling the 2,500-year-old Greco-Persian War?

This era, artistically speaking, harped on Greco-Roman mythology, with masculinity steeped in classical heroism.

Sartre, Beauvoir, Vian and Greco were holding court in the cafes and nightclubs of Saint German.

Several women, including Melissa McCarthy and Milla Jovovich, have shown up wearing Greco-Roman gowns.

The Greco plot, though probably few believed that Mazzini was an accomplice, made it difficult for the King to treat with him.

In fact, at the feast that evening, I found myself sitting next to El Greco.

In pajamas and bathrobe, I stalked down the stairs and into the room that had once been a kitchen and now was Greco's laboratory.

I froze, stiff; wanting to make sure they understood (a) that I wasn't Greco and (b) that I didn't have a gun.

It was the year of the brief Greco-Turkish war, which revived old divisions of opinion at home.

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