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  • proper noun A transliteration of a male given name (Νίκος) used in Greece. It is the most common form of the name Nikolaos, the Greek cognate of Nicholas.

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Examples

  • In the scene set in Nikos Valsamakis '1961 iconic modernist summerhouse, we see stylish men and women who allegorically represent civilization at the height of Rome, flirting and conversing in front of the camera, but there is a tension in the dynamic between the sexes, which ostensibly leads to a fight scene in the last act.

    Spread ArtCulture: Interview: Eve Sussman - on the making of her film, Rape of the Sabine Women Spread ArtCulture 2010

  • In the scene set in Nikos Valsamakis '1961 iconic modernist summerhouse, we see stylish men and women who allegorically represent civilization at the height of Rome, flirting and conversing in front of the camera, but there is a tension in the dynamic between the sexes, which ostensibly leads to a fight scene in the last act.

    Spread ArtCulture: Interview: Eve Sussman - on the making of her film, Rape of the Sabine Women Spread ArtCulture 2010

  • I owe a great debt to the women who run the library attached to the Grammateia Isotitas (Government Secretariat for Equality) for their immense generosity; Ioannaat the ASKI/Archeia Syghronis Koinonikis Istorias (Contemporary Social History Archive) in Athens, for giving me access to invaluable and unseen (at the time) documents of the Civil War period; 'Nikos' (whose surname I never knew), who assisted me with theMetaxas archives at the Old Parliament House in Athens.

    Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008

  • I would be concerned about accumulating gold at $1,625, said Nikos Kavalis , a commodity strategist with Royal Bank of Scotland.

    Gold Ticks Lower as Debt Talks Remain Focus Tatyana Shumsky 2011

  • Nikos Kavalis , a senior analyst at metals consultancy GFMS, said the copper market is likely to be in a deficit until 2013, with the most chronic shortage in 2011 at nearly 400,000 metric tons.

    China Likely To Buy More Copper; Supplies Already Tight Andrea Hotter 2011

  • Since Greece's financial collapse, Nikos Lekkas and his team of tax-crime specialists have started more than 700 in-depth audits of doctors, an effort the government says is aimed at containing costs and boosting revenues.

    Health System Reflects Greece's Ills Charles Forelle 2011

  • Pharos Travel, an agency tucked into a residential side street in Astoria, Queens, doesn't look like much (wood paneling, aging file cabinets stuffed with folders), but if you're planning a Hellenic vacation, owner Nikos Panagiotopoulos (just call him Nick) has one advantage over the likes of Liberty Travel and American Express: He knows Greece.

    Where Locals Know Best Anne Kadet 2011

  • The title is taken from the writings of the Greek philosopher, Nikos Kazantzakis, who saw life as a "luminous interval" during which struggle and disintegration are necessary for creation and rebirth.

    Navigating Through a Crisis Emma Crichton-Miller 2011

  • The labyrinthine white village of Anogia, high in the Psiloritis mountain range and a short hike from Zeus's mythical birth-cave, is where many of the island's greatest artists – from Nikiforos Aerakis and Manolis Manouras to Nikos Xylouris – were born.

    Insiders' guide to Greece 2011

  • Order a thimble of strong, raki-spiked elliniki coffee and hobnob with black-shirted shepherds listening to Cretan music on Radio Kriti FM at the kafeneion in the central square, then pay a call at the corner house, cluttered with memorabilia, where sweet-voiced Nikos Xylouris grew up.

    Insiders' guide to Greece 2011

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