plural gyros
: a sandwich especially of lamb and beef, tomato, onion, and yogurt sauce on pita bread
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Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2024
Taste Mediterranean Kitchen, which had its grand opening at the Hartford food hall Tuesday, serves classic Mediterranean fare like chicken and lamb shawarma, grape leaves, falafel gyros, pitas, baba ganoush, hummus, fries and greek salads.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2024
Jordanian couple brings halal Mediterranean food to CT with authentic shawarma, hummus and gyros
A wind turbine is damaged off Nantucket Island.
—Hartford Courant, 17 July 2024
From the two remaining gyros, NASA has reserved one as a backup, so Hubble is now operating with a single gyro.
—Panagiotis Tsiotras, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2024
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The main alternative to operating with one gyro would be sending another repair mission into space, allowing astronauts to replace the aging gyros with new ones.
—Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2024
Taste Mediterranean Kitchen, which had its grand opening at the Hartford food hall Tuesday, serves classic Mediterranean fare like chicken and lamb shawarma, grape leaves, falafel gyros, pitas, baba ganoush, hummus, fries and greek salads.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2024
Jordanian couple brings halal Mediterranean food to CT with authentic shawarma, hummus and gyros
A wind turbine is damaged off Nantucket Island.
—Hartford Courant, 17 July 2024
From the two remaining gyros, NASA has reserved one as a backup, so Hubble is now operating with a single gyro.
—Panagiotis Tsiotras, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2024
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“Gyro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gyro. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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from Greek gyros "turn," so called from the rotation of the meat on a spit
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