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syrtos

syrtos noun: a folk dance of classical and modern Greece.

Noun

syrtos

  1. A folk dance of classical and modern Greece.
    • He was drawn into a dance, a syrtos of the young people of Lixouri.1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 78

Origin of syrtos

From Greek συρτός (syrtós), Koine Greek συρτός (surtós), noun use of Ancient Greek συρτός (surtós, “dragging along”), from σύρειν (súrein, “to drag along, sweep away”).

Questions about syrtos

What does syrtos mean?
Syrtos means a folk dance of classical and modern Greece.
What part of speech is syrtos?
Syrtos is a noun.

Words near syrtos in the dictionary

  1. syrtakis
  2. Syrte
  3. syrtes
  4. syrtic
  5. syrtis
  6. syrtos
  7. syrts
  8. syrup
  9. syrup of figs
  10. syrup of ipecac
  11. syruped

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