Giorgos, Yiorgos or Yorgos ( el, Γιώργος) is a common abbreviation of the given name
Georgios Georgios (, , ) is a Greek name derived from the word ''georgos'' (, , "farmer" lit. "earth-worker"). The word ''georgos'' (, ) is a compound of ''ge'' (, , "earth", "soil") and ''ergon'' (, , "task", "undertaking", "work").
It is one of the most ...
. Notable people with the name include:
Persons
Giorgos
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Giorgos Agorogiannis, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Alkaios
Giorgos Alkaios (Greek: Γιώργος Αλκαίος; born 24 December 1971) is a Greek recording artist. His career began in 1989 after appearing on a Greek reality show. Following a brief period of stage acting, Alkaios dedicated himself to m ...
, pop musician and singer
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Giorgos Anatolakis, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Angelopoulos
Giorgos K. Angelopoulos (alternate spellings: Georgios, George, Aggelopoulos) (Greek: Γιώργος Κ. Αγγελόπουλος) is a Greek oil shipping and steel magnate. He is the co-owner of the men's professional club basketball team, Olymp ...
, Greek businessman and billionaire
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Giorgos Apostolidis
Georgios Apostolidis (alternate spelling: Giorgos) (Greek: Γιώργος Αποστολίδης; born June 22, 1984) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.00 m (6 ft 6 in) tall. He can play at the point guard, shooting guard ...
, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Arvanitis
Giorgos (or Yorgos) Arvanitis ( el, Γιώργος Αρβανίτης; born February 22, 1941) is a Greek cinematographer.
Life
Arvanitis was born in the village of Dilofo, Phthiotis, Greece. Having received an education as an electrician in t ...
(born 1941), Greek cinematographer
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Giorgos Balogiannis, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Bartzokas
Georgios Bartzokas (alternate spellings: Giorgos, George, Mpartzokas) ( el, Γιώργος Μπαρτζώκας, born June 11, 1965) is a Greek former professional basketball player and current head coach for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League ...
, Greek basketball coach
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Giorgos Batis, Greek rebetiko musician
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Giorgos Dedes, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Diamantopoulos
Georgios "Giorgos" Diamantopoulos (; born on February 15, 1980) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 6'5" (1.96 m) tall, he played as a shooting guard-small forward. In the prime of his career, he possessed great scori ...
, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos
Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos (Greek: Γιώργος Δημητρακόπουλος) (born 18 September 1952, in Athens) is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament for New Democracy ; part of the European People's Party.
Background ...
(born 1952), Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament
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Giorgos Donis
Georgios Donis ( el, Γεώργιος Δώνης; born 22 October 1969) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and currently a manager. He is the current manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Fateh. He was the first eve ...
, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Economides
Giorgos Economides ( el, Γιώργος Οικονομίδης; born 10 April 1990) is a Cypriot footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Karmiotissa Pano Polemdion and the Cyprus national team.
Career statistics
Club
Internat ...
, Cypriot footballer
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Giorgos Foiros
Georgios Firos ( el, Γεώργιος Φοιρός; born 8 November 1953) is a Greek football manager and former football player.
Career
Born in Evosmos, Thessaloniki, Firos played center-back or sweeper. He was one of the very few players that ...
, Greek footballer and manager
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Giorgos Fotakis, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Gasparis
Giorgos Gasparis (alternative spellings: Georgios, Giorgios) ( el, Γιώργος Γάσπαρης; born January 31, 1965, in Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of , he played at the point guard and shooting ...
, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Gavriilidis
Giorgos Gavriilidis (Greek: Γιώργος Γαβριηλίδης; 1908 – 23 July 1982) was a Greek actor.
He was the husband of Marika Krevata (1910 - 14 September 1994). He was marked out from the theatre and played roles in many comedies ...
(1906–1982), Greek actor
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Giorgos Georgiadis, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Giannias
Giorgos Giannias (Greek: Γιώργος Γιαννιάς, d. June 13, 1821 near Koumani) was a Greek revolutionary leader born in Prostovitsa, a village now known as Drosia in Achaia. He was the brother of Konstantinos Giannias.
In March 1821 ...
(died 1821), Greek revolutionary leader
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Giorgos Iacovou, Cypriot diplomat and politician
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Giorgos Kalaitzis
Georgios Kalaitzis (also spelled Giorgos; el, Γιώργος Καλαϊτζής; born August 29, 1976) is a Greek basketball coach and former player, who is currently the Team Manager of Panathinaikos. During his playing career, at a height of 1. ...
, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Kapoutzidis
Giorgos Kapoutzidis (Greek Γιώργος Καπουτζίδης; , Serres) is a Greek screenwriter and actor. He is the creator of the critically successful television series '' Saturday born '' (original title "Σαββατογεννημένες ...
, Greek scriptwriter and actor
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Giorgos Karagounis
Georgios Karagkounis ( el, Γεώργιος Καραγκούνης; born 6 March 1977), known as Giorgos Karagounis ( el, Γιώργος Καραγκούνης), is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
In his club ...
, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Karagoutis
Georgios Karagkoutis (alternate spellings: Giorgos, Karagoutis) ( el, Γιώργος Καράγκουτης) (born February 15, 1976 in Greece), is a retired Greece, Greek professional sports, professional basketball player. At a height of 2.08 m ...
, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Kastrinakis
Giorgos Kastrinakis (alternate spellings: Georgios, George) (Greek: Γιώργος Καστρινάκης) (born June 9, 1950) is a retired Greek American professional basketball player. He played basketball professionally for many years in the Gr ...
, Greek-American basketball player
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Giorgos Katsaros
Giorgos Katsaros ( el, Γιώργος Κατσαρός) (born on 7 March 1934 in Corfu) is a famous Greek musician and songwriter. He plays the alto saxophone. He has made a variety of recordings, collaborating amongst others with Greek musical ...
(born 1934), Greek musician and composer
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Giorgos Kolokithas
Giorgos Kolokithas (alternate spelling: ''Georgios'' and ''Kolokythas''; el, Γεώργιος (Γιώργος) Κολοκυθάς; November 2, 1945 – March 2, 2013) was a Greek professional basketball player. He is considered one of the best sc ...
, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Koltzos
Giorgos Koltzos ( gr, Γιώργος Κόλτζος; born 13 September 1976) is a retired Greek footballer, who played as a defender.
Career
Koltzos began playing football with the youth side of Athinaikos F.C. and joined the club's profession ...
, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Konstadinou
Giorgos Konstadinou ( el, Γιώργος Κωνσταντίνου; born October 27, 1934 in Vathi, Athens) is a Greek actor, writer, and director
Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Direct ...
(born 1934), Greek actor and director
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Giorgos Kostikos, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Koudas
Giorgos Koudas ( el, Γιώργος Κούδας; born 23 November 1946) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent his entire career in PAOK. Due to his fierce competitiveness and his Macedonian ...
, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Markopoulos, Greek poet
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Giorgos Mazonakis
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, Greek pop singer
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Giorgos Merkis
Giorgos Merkis (, born 30 July 1984) is a retired Cypriot professional footballer who played as a centre back for Cypriot First Division club APOEL and the Cyprus national team.
Career Apollon Limassol
Merkis is a product of Apollon Limassol a ...
, Cypriot footballer
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Giorgos Mitsibonas
Georgios Mitsibonas (Greek: Γεώργιος Μητσιμπόνας; 11 November 1962 – 13 September 1997) was a Greek football player during the 1980s and 1990s.
Biography
Mitsibonas was born in 1962 in the village of Tsaritsani ( Larissa r ...
, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Nicolaou
Giorgos Nicolaou () born May 22, 1982 in Paralimni, Cyprus is a Cyprus, Cypriot soccer, football football striker, striker who currently plays for Ormideia F.C. He started his career at Enosis Neon Paralimni and he also played for Panachaiki AC ...
, Cypriot footballer
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Giorgos Ninios
Giorgos Ninios (born 1959) is a Greek television, film and stage actor with an extensive filmography.
He has won two awards at the Thessaloniki Film Festival
The Thessaloniki Film Festival is a Thessaloniki-based cultural institution focusing ...
, Greek actor
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Giorgos Paligiorgos, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Panagi, Cypriot footballer
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Giorgos Papasideris (1902–1977), Greek country singer, composer and lyricist
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Giorgos Patis, Greek badminton player
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Giorgos Pelagias, Cypriot footballer
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Giorgos Poniros, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Samaras, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Savvidis
Giorgos Savvidis ( gr, Γιώργος Σαββίδης; born February 8, 1961) is a former international Cypriot football attacking midfielder
and football manager. During his playing days, he was regarded one of the best players in the country ...
, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Seferis
Giorgos or George Seferis (; gr, Γιώργος Σεφέρης ), the pen name of Georgios Seferiades (Γεώργιος Σεφεριάδης; March 13 – September 20, 1971), was a Greek poet and diplomat. He was one of the most important G ...
(1900–1971), Greek writer, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate
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Giorgos Siantos
Georgios Siantos (nicknames: ''Geros'' "Old man", ''Theios'' "Uncle"; el, Γεώργιος "Γιώργης" Σιάντος; 1890 – 20 May 1947) was a prominent figure of the Communist Party of Greece ( el, links=no, Κομμουνιστικό ...
, Greek resistance member and politician
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Giorgos Sideris
Giorgos Sideris ( el, Γιώργος Σιδέρης, born 5 April 1938-) is a Greek former Association football, footballer, who played as striker (association football), striker.
Club career
Sideris began his youth career at Atromitos Piraeus ...
, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Sigalas
Giorgos Sigalas (alternate spelling: Georgios) ( el, Γιώργος Σιγάλας, link=no; born July 31, 1971 in Peristeri, Athens, Greece), is a retired Greek professional basketball player and basketball coach. During the decade of the 1990s, t ...
, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Skartados
Georgios Skartados (Greek language, Greek: Γεώργιος Σκαρτάδος; born 7 April 1960) is a retired Greece national football team, Greek international Association football, footballer.
Career
Born in Rhodes, Skartados started his ca ...
, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Sterianopoulos, Greek businessman
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Giorgos Theodoridis
Giorgos Theodoridis ( el, Γιώργος Θεοδωρίδης; born 3 July 1980) is a Greek former professional footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types ...
, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Theodotou, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Theofanous
Giorgos (George) Theofanous (, ) (born in Larnaca, Cyprus on 9 January 1968) is a Greek Cypriot composer and producer. He has sold more than two million records and written more than 500 songs in the 1990s and 2000s. Recording artists for whom h ...
(born 1968), Cypriot-Greek composer
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Giorgos Tofas, Cypriot footballer
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Giorgos Toursounidis
Georgios Toursounidis (Greek: Γεώργιος Τουρσουνίδης; born 21 August 1970) is a retired Greek footballer. He played for PAOK and Xanthi.
Toursounidis was born in 1970. He made 263 league appearances for PAOK, scoring 35 goal ...
, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Toussas, Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament
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Giorgos Tsalikis
Giorgos Tsalikis (Γιώργος Τσαλίκης, born 25 October 1975) is a Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the I ...
, Greek pop singer
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Giorgos Tsiaras, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Tzavelas
Georgios Tzavellas ( el, Γεώργιος Τζαβέλλας; born 26 November 1987) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Super League club AEK Athens and the Greece national team.
Club career Kerkyra
Tzavellas bega ...
, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Tzavellas George Tzavellas, also rendered Giorgos Tzavellas, Yiorgos Tzavellas, or Yorgos Javellas ( el, Γιώργος Τζαβέλλας, 1916, Athens – October 18, 1976), was a Greek film director, screenwriter, and playwright. His filmmaking was particu ...
, Greek film director and screenwriter
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Giorgos Vaitsis
Georgios Vaitsis ( el, Γεώργιος Βαΐτσης; born 1 August 1967) is a Greek former professional footballer. A powerful forward, he is mostly remembered for his headers and his shooting skills. Vaitsis played for Anagennisi Artas, Panac ...
, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Vassilakopoulos, President of FIBA Europe
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Giorgos Velentzas
Giorgos Velentzas ( el, Γιώργος Βελέντζας; 4 December 1927 – 20 July 2015) was a Greek actor.
Biography
He studied at the Dramatic School at the Athens Odeum. He starred in the movie '' Ochyro 27'' in 1948 and made his firs ...
, Greek actor
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Giorgos Zampetas
Giorgos Zampetas (Pronounced 'Zabetas', el, Γιώργος Ζαμπέτας, sometimes romanized as George Zambetas / George Zabetas / Giorgos Zabetas; 25 January 1925 – 10 March 1992) was a Greek bouzouki musician. He was born and died in Ath ...
, Greek songwriter and musician
Yiorgos
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Yiorgos Batis
Yiorgos Batis ( el, Γιώργος Μπάτης, also Giorgos Batis) (1885 – 10 March 1967) was one of the first rebetes influential to ''rebetiko'' music. His real name was Yiorgos Tsoros although he was known as Yiorgos Ampatis. He had a g ...
(1885–1967), Greek musician, influential in rebetiko music
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Yiorgos Caralambo
Yiorgos (or George) Caralambo also called Greek George and George Allen (? – September 2, 1913) was an alleged murderer and camel driver hired by U.S. Army in 1856 for the United States Camel Corps, Camel Corps experiment in the Southwest United ...
, camel driver hired by US Army in 1856 for the Camel Corps experiment in the Southwest
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Yiorgos Depollas, Greek photographer
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Yiorgos Magoulas
Yiorgos Magoulas (Greek: Γιώργος Μαγουλάς), is a successful composer of orchestral music and music for television and cinema. Among other projects, he has composed music for the documentary series WarZone (Εμπόλεμη Ζώνη, ...
, Greek composer and guitarist
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Yiorgos Vardinogiannis
Yiorgos Vardinogiannis ( el, Γιώργος Βαρδινογιάννης) is a Greek businessman and a shipping magnate, former owner and president of the Panathinaikos football club. He was born in Episkopi, Rethymno in 1936. He is the brothe ...
, Greek shipowner and businessman, former owner and president of the Panathinaikos football club
Yorgos
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Yorgos Lanthimos
Georgios "Yorgos" Lanthimos ( el, Γιώργος Λάνθιμος, Giórgos Lánthimos, ; born 23 September 1973) is a Greek film director, film producer, screenwriter, photographer, theatre director and former professional basketball player. Sin ...
, Greek film producer and director
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Yorgos Dalaras, Greek Singer
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Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Yorgos Mavropsaridis ( el, Γιώργος Μαυροψαρίδης, Giorgos Mavropsaridis; born 21 November 1954) is a Greek film editor. He is well known for his collaborations with Yorgos Lanthimos, having edited all his films to date. He is a ...
, Greek film editor
Songs about Giorgos
*"Giorgo pou xereis ta polla" (Giorgos, the know-it-all) by
Dimitris Mitropanos
Dimitris Mitropanos ( el, Δημήτρης Μητροπάνος; 2 April 1948 – 17 April 2012) was a Greek singer. He was renowned for his mastery of Laïkó, a Greek music style.
Biography
Mitropanos lived in his native city of Trikala in n ...
*"Me lene Giorgo" (My name is Giorgos) sung by
Manolis Mitsias
Manolis Mitsias (Greek: Μανώλης Μητσιάς, ; born 26 February 1946) is a Greek singer. He has been a significant artistic presence in the laïko, light laïko and entekhno genres of modern Greek music.
Early life
Mitsias was born i ...
, written by
Giorgos Hatzinasios
Giorgos Hatzinasios (also spelled Hadjinasios; el, Γιώργος Χατζηνάσιος, ; born 19 January 1942) is a Greek songwriter and composer.
Early life
Hatzinasios was born in Thessaloniki. His father was Agapios Hatzinasios, a na ...
*"Aftos o Giorgos" (This Giorgos) by
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George (given name)
George () is a masculine given name derived from the Greek Geōrgios (; , ). The name gained popularity due to its association with the Christian martyr, Saint George (died 23 April 303), a member of the Praetorian Guard who was sentenced to dea ...
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