The Griko people (Greek: Γκρίκο), also known as Grecanici in Calabria, are an ethnic Greek community of Southern Italy. They are found principally in regions...
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Griko, sometimes spelled Grico, is the dialect of Italiot Greek spoken by Griko people in Salento (province of Lecce), and also called Grecanico, in Calabria...
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Greeks in Italy (category Italian people of Greek descent)
the present time. Nowadays, there is an ethnic minority known as the Griko people, who live in the Southern Italian regions of Calabria (Province of Reggio...
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(Griko for "Salentine Greece") is an area in the peninsula of Salento in southern Italy, near the town of Lecce which is inhabited by the Griko people...
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(Italian: Grecanico) is the variety of Italiot Greek used by the ethnic Griko people in Calabria, as opposed to the Italiot Greek dialect spoken in the Grecìa...
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Greeks (redirect from People of Greece)
of people spread Greeks across the Empire and in the eastern territories, Greek became the lingua franca rather than Latin. The modern-day Griko community...
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example is the Griko people in Calabria (Bovesia) and Salento (Grecìa Salentina), some of whom still maintain their Greek language (Griko language) and...
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Calabria (section Notable people)
historical ethnolinguistics minorities: the Griko people, speaking Calabrian Greek; the Arbëreshë people; and the Occitans of Guardia Piemontese. This...
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Greek refers to two varieties of Modern Greek spoken in Italy by the Griko people. Italiot Greek refers to the Greek varieties spoken in areas of southern...
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Part of the population known as the Griko people have retained Greek culture and language (the so-called Griko language). Charlemagne is said to have...
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v t e Griko people Notable Pope Zachary Nilus the Younger Antipope John XVI Barlaam of Seminara Leontius Pilatus Antonio de Ferraris Regions Apulia (Grecìa...
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Italiot Greek language found in Salento called Griko, which is still spoken by a few thousand Griko people in some areas. In addition, a rare daughter language...
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Calimera (Griko: Καλημέρα lit. "good morning"), is a small town of 6,753 inhabitants (2021) in the Grecìa Salentina area of the Salento peninsula in Italy...
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example is the Griko people in Calabria (Bovesia) and Salento (Grecìa Salentina), some of whom still maintain their Greek language (Griko language) and...
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Orthodox Church of Jerusalem Greek-Calabrian dialect Swedish Greeks Griko language Griko people Hellenistic civilization List of Greek Americans Orthodox Church...
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Podargoni (section Notable people)
on the left bank of the river Gallico. The town is inhabited by the Griko people who formerly spoke their ancestral Calabrian Greek dialect. The name...
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Sicilians (redirect from Sicilian people)
Modern-day Sicilian men, 2012 List of people from Sicily Sicilian Wars Normans of Sicily Griko people Maltese people Kingdom of Africa "Popolazione Sicilia...
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between Theodoric and Zeno and his successor Anastasius, the land and its people were regarded as part of the Empire, with Theodoric a viceroy and head of...
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colonisation of Magna Graecia. There are two small Griko-speaking communities known as the Griko people who live in the Italian regions of Calabria, the...
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exists to preserve the music, poetry, language and folklore of the Griko-speaking people of Salento by documenting the various aspects of the Grecìa Salentina...
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established colonies in southern Italy Names of the Greeks Graia Graecus Griko people (Grecanici) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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Antonio de Ferraris (category People from the Province of Lecce)
translations into various languages followed. Byzantine scholars in Renaissance Griko language Zappala, Michael O. (1990). Lucian of Samosata in the Two Hesperias:...
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Soleto (section Notable people)
Soleto (Griko: Sulìtu; Salentino: Sulìtu; Latin: Soletum) is a small Griko-speaking city located in the province of Lecce in Apulia, Italy. The town has...
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Africo (section Notable people)
region from the Libyan Desert. The village of Africo was inhabitted by Griko people, known as Grecanici in Calabria. The Grecanici are a Greek ethnic and...
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Greeks in Malta (category Maltese people of Greek descent)
Greeks in Malta. He counted this group alongside similar communities of Grikos and Arbëreshë in the Italian Peninsula, Cargèse, and French North Africa...
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Martignano (section Famous people)
Martignano (Griko: Μαρτυνιάνα, translit. Martignàna) is a small town and comune of 1,770 inhabitants in the province of Lecce in Apulia, Italy. It is...
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Martano (section Notable people)
Martano (Griko: Μαρτάνα, translit. Martána; Salentino: Martanu) is a town and comune of 9,573 inhabitants in the province of Lecce in Apulia, Italy, 20...
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Melpignano (Griko: Lipignana; Salentino: Merpignanu) is a small town and comune in the province of Lecce in Apulia, Italy. It is one of the nine towns...
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from Medieval or Byzantine Greek) (spoken by the Griko people) Griko / Salentinian Greek (Γκρίκο – Gríko) (Doric-influenced) Calabrian Greek (Γκραίκο –...
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Galatina (Griko: Ας Πέτρο, romanized: As Pètro; Salentino: San Pietru), known before the unification of Italy as San Pietro in Galatina, is a town and...
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