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Print Friendly and PDF Continuing the series with food and drink glossary in Greek. Once again, the accent is shown by the letters in bold italics.

nectarine - nektareenee

nuts - xeeroos karpoos

nutmeg - mos-hokarido (soft d)

oats - vromi

octopus - htapodi (soft d)

oil - ladee (soft d)

olive - elya

olive oil - elyolado (soft d)

onion - kremeedi (soft d)

orange - portokali

oregano - reegani (soft g)

oyster - streedi (soft d)

1 comment:

Dorothy said...

This was a great idea I wondered about many of those words...

Dorothy from grammology
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