It was originally called ντονέρ (pronounced [doˈner]) in Greece. The word ντονέρ was criticized in the mid-1970s Greece for being Turkish. The word gyro or gyros was already in use in English by at least 1970, and along with γύρος in Greek, eventually ca...
Gyro is pronounced Yee-Roh not Jy-Roh (sorry if I just burst someone’s bubble). A gyro is a Greek pita sandwich traditionally made using pork, chicken, lamb, or beef, that is cooked on a slowly-rotating, vertical spit in front of an upright rotisserie. This cooking style is where g...