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Greco
Greco may refer to: People * Greco (surname), a list of people with this surname * a masculine variant of Greca (given name), an Italian feminine given name * Greco Mafia clan, one of the most influential Mafia clans in Sicily and Calabria Wine and grapes * Greco (grape), an Italian grape variety of ancient origins * Vino Greco, a generic term for Roman wine made from grapes of Greek origins Other uses * Greco (district of Milan) * Cape Greco, a headland in the island of Cyprus * Group of States Against Corruption, the Council of Europe's anti-corruption monitoring body * Greco guitars, a Japanese guitar manufacturer * Greco Pizza Restaurant, a food chain in Eastern Canada * Greco Defence, a chess opening * Greco (Chrono Cross), a playable character from ''Chrono Cross'' * Greco, a character from the 2010 video game '' James Bond 007: Blood Stone'' * a Greek style one-piece swimsuit See also * El Greco (other) * Greco Player Tracker, a security computer in ''Ocean's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greco Mafia Clan
The Greco Mafia family () is historically one of the most influential Mafia clans in Sicily and Calabria, from the late 19th century. The extended family ruled both in Ciaculli and Croceverde Giardini, two south-eastern outskirts of Palermo in the citrus growing area and also rural areas of Calabria where they controlled the olive oil market. Members of the family were important figures in the Sicilian Cosa Nostra and Calabrian 'Ndrangheta. Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco was the first ‘secretary’ of the Sicilian Mafia Commission, while Michele Greco, also known as The Pope, was one of his successors. According to the pentito Antonio Calderone "the Grecos effectively exercised power in the whole of Sicily." According to Giovanni Brusca the Greco family was very important and the ones who tipped the balance in every internal Mafia war. Early history The exact origins of the Greco Mafia clan are unclear. Greco is a common name in Sicily and especially so in Ciaculli, lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greco (grape)
Greco is an Italian wine grape that may be of Greek origin. The name relates to both white ''(Greco bianco)'' and black ''(Greco nero)'' grape varieties. While there is more land area dedicated to ''Greco nero'', the ''Greco bianco'' is the grape most commonly referred to by "Greco". In the Campania region it is used to produce the ''Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita'' (DOCG) wine ''Greco di Tufo''. In Calabria, it is used to make the ''Denominazione di Origine Controllata'' (DOC) wine ''Greco di Bianco''. The name "Greco" is sometimes used as a synonym for several varieties of supposed Greek origins-most notably Trebbiano.J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Wine Course'' Third Edition pg 112 Abbeville Press 2003 History The ancestor of the ''Greco'' vine may have been brought to southern Italy more than 2,500 years ago by ancient Greek settlers. Historians and Italian growers have speculated that the grape may have been a blending component in the ancient Roman "c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greco Guitars
Greco (Japanese: ) is a Japanese guitar brand owned by the Kanda Shokai Corporation , a musical instrument wholesaler mostly known for being part of Fender Japan. Instruments manufactured with the name "Greco" are electric and acoustic guitars. History Kanda Shokai was established in 1948 and the Greco brand name was started in 1960.Since the early 1990s or before, Kanda Shokai have claimed ''Greco'' (brand was) established in 1960. However, this claim has not been verified due to lack of evidences (i.e. catalogs, advertisements, trademark registration records, or in-house documents from that time). Possibly the origin of this claim might be found on their early supplier FujiGen (established in 1960; began to export electric guitars in 1963), or Teisco String Instrument, Company in Toyoshina (established in 1961, known as ''Matsumoto Teisco''). Incidentally, another earlier supplier, Matsumoku had begun its string instrument manufacturing in the early-1960s (or possibly mid- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greco (surname)
Greco () is a common Italian surname, ranking 10th among the most widespread surnames in Italy, and it literally means "Greek". Historically, its popularity is due to the frequent relationships between Italy and Greece: in particular, it spread within the Arbëreshë minority emigrated from Albanian populated parts of Greece since the 15th century. Variants of the surname include ''Del Greco'', ''Della Greca'', ''Greci'', '' Grego'', '' Grieco'', ''La Greca'', ''Lagreca'', ''Lo Greco'', ''Logreco'', ''Logrieco'', ''Greca'', ''Grech'', ''Grecco'', etc. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 62.6% of all known bearers of the surname ''Greco'' were residents of Italy (frequency 1:715), 17.7% of the United States (1:14,906), 6.1% of Argentina (1:5,090), 4.2% of Brazil (1:35,328), 2.4% of Canada (1:11,050) and 2.0% of France (1:24,844). In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:715) in the following regions: * 1. Calabria (1:155) * 2. Apulia (1:198) * 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greco (district Of Milan)
Greco is a district ("quartiere") of Milan, Italy, part of the Zone 2 administrative division, located north-east of the city centre. Before being annexed to the city of Milan (in 1923) it was an independent comune, named Greco Milanese. As "Greco" is the Italian word for ''Greek'', it has been suggested that the name refer to an old Greek settlement in the area; nevertheless, scholars tend to believe that the place was actually named after the Greco family that used to live here (at least until the 12th Century). The architecture and urban layout of Greco still reveal its origins as a small rural " borgo". Several old "cascine" (the typical country house of Lombardy) are still in place and have been restored to meet modern standards while retaining their original overall style. History A settlement in Greco is reported at least since Julius Caesar times. In the middle ages Greco was an independent ''comune''; the place is mentioned in Alessandro Manzoni's '' The Betrothed'' as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Greco (other)
El Greco (1541–1614) was a Greek painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. El Greco may also refer to: * The artistic style (Art of El Greco) which El Greco pioneered (typically used as an adjective in quotations) * ''El Greco'' (1966 film), by Luciano Salce * ''El Greco'' (2007 film), by Yannis Smaragdis * ''El Greco'' (album), a 1998 album by Vangelis * ''El Greco'' (soundtrack), a 2007 album by Vangelis with the score to the film by Yannis Smaragdis * El Greco (typeface) See also * El Greco Museum, Toledo The El Greco Museum (in Spanish: Museo del Greco) is located in Toledo, Spain. It celebrates the mannerist painter El Greco ( Domenikos Theotokopoulos, 1541–1614), who spent much of his life in Toledo, having been born in Fodele, Crete. The h ..., Spain * El Greco Apartments, Los Angeles, California, on the National Register of Historic Places {{DEFAULTSORT:El Greco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greco Pizza Restaurant
Greco Pizza Restaurant is a franchise restaurant chain consisting of over 100 outlets in Eastern Canada. The restaurants also deliver pizza. Greco bills itself as the largest pizza chain in Atlantic Canada. History The first Greco Pizza restaurant opened in 1977 in Moncton, New Brunswick, as ''Greco Donair...and Pizza''. In 1981, the franchise rights were sold to Grinner's Food Systems Ltd. of Truro, Nova Scotia.http://www.greco.ca/AboutGreco/tabid/62/language/en-us/Default.aspx About Greco Pizza Many Greco locations in rural areas are known as "Greco Express" outlets; they are typically associated with a motel, convenience store, or other existing establishment. In some locations, the Greco franchise is associated with a Captain Submarine franchise, another of Grinner's properties. Marketing Since 1995, Greco has marketed itself using the telephone number 310-30-30 with an associated jingle. From 1995 to the early 2000s, this number was pronounced in the official jingle as "t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Greco
Cape Greco, also known as Capo Greco (Italian for "Greek cape"; el, Κάβο Γκρέκο), is a headland in the southeastern part of the island of Cyprus. It is at the southern end of Famagusta Bay and forms part of Ayia Napa Municipality. It lies between the towns of Ayia Napa and Protaras, both tourist resorts, and is visited by tourists for its natural environment. It is the easternmost point of both the Republic of Cyprus and the European Union. According to local legend, it is also the home of the 'Ayia Napa sea monster'. Important Bird Area A 1209 the area encompassing the cape has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it is a key migration site for large numbers of raptors and other birds. It forms a migratory bottleneck for red-footed falcons, pallid harriers, honey buzzards and common kestrels, as well as supporting breeding populations of Cyprus wheatears, Cyprus warblers and black francolins. Although the cape is a Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greco Defence
The Greco Defence (or McConnell Defence), named after Gioachino Greco (c. 1600 – c. 1634), is a chess opening that begins with the moves: :1. e4 e5 :2. Nf3 Qf6 The opening is categorised by ''Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings'' as code C40. Discussion Of the several plausible ways Black has to defend his e-pawn, 2...Qf6 is considered one of the weaker choices, since the queen is prematurely and can become a target for attack. Also, the black knight on g8 is deprived of its most natural square. There is, however, no obvious refutation of this opening; White's advantage consists mainly of smoother development. Although it is a popular opening choice by novice players, it has also been used by players who, according to International Master Gary Lane, "should know better". Examples Greco line Greco himself illustrated the following amusing line against this defence in 1620: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. Bc4 Qg6 4. 0-0 Qxe4 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 :5...Kxf7 6.Ng5+ wins the black queen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greco (Chrono Cross)
is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) for the PlayStation video game console. It is the successor to ''Chrono Trigger'', which was released in 1995 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. While its predecessor, like most role-playing games at the time, only offered a handful of playable characters, ''Chrono Cross'' was notable for making 45 different characters available for recruitment over the course of the game, each with distinct backstory and speech patterns. The game's writer, Masato Kato, started with the core characters from ''Radical Dreamers'', a rare, Japan-only visual novel he felt ultimately went unfinished, and greatly expanded the cast and scenario, while leaving the creation of some minor characters to various other members of the development team. The developers also created an "auto accent program", to apply accents and other quirks to character's dialogue, making the dialogue altered depending on who was present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vino Greco
Vino Greco is the name of a wine style which originated, at least 2,150 years ago, as an Italian imitation of the sweet, strong Greek wines that were exported to Italy at the period of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. Its names in other languages were: Latin ''vinum graecum''; English ''Greek'', ''greke'', ''wine greke''; French ''vin grec''. The earliest recipe for ''vinum Graecum'' is in Cato the Elder's manual of farming, '' De agri cultura'', compiled around 150 BC. Salt is added to the must. Once sealed in amphoras, ''vinum graecum'' is matured under the sun for two years before sale. Incidentally, the name did not necessarily cause confusion with real exported Greek wine, which was called ''vinum transmarinum'' ("overseas wine") in classical Latin. Methods have changed totally over the long history of vino greco, but the name still survives in a few Italian wines, notably the sweet white Greco di Bianco and Greco di Gerace from southern Calabria (they both can be only pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Stone
''James Bond 007: Blood Stone'' is a 2010 third-person shooter video game developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the 24th game in the ''James Bond'' series and is the first game since '' James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing'' to have an original story, set between ''Quantum of Solace'' (2008) and ''Skyfall'' (2012). The game was confirmed by Activision on 16 July 2010 and was released on 2 November 2010 in North America and released on 5 November 2010 in Europe. Activision's remake of ''GoldenEye 007'' was released on the same day respectively in each region. ''Blood Stone'' features the voices and likenesses of Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Joss Stone. The game received mixed reviews from critics upon release. It was also the final game developed by Bizarre Creations as the studio was closed just a few months later on 18 February 2011. Critics praised the game's production value, visuals, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
