A Greek sandwich consisting of meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie, typically served in pita bread with vegetables and sauce.
From Modern Greek γύρος (gyros) meaning 'turn' or 'revolution', referring to the rotating cooking method. The word entered English in the 1970s as Greek cuisine became popular in America.
The gyro's spinning cooking method was actually inspired by the Turkish döner kebab, but Greeks made it distinctly their own with lamb and tzatziki sauce. Interestingly, most Americans mispronounce it - it should sound like 'YEE-ro' not 'JIE-ro'!
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