Kaliarda

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Kaliarda

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From Greek καλιαρντά (kaliarntá).

proper noun

A cant used by the homosexual community in Greece, similar to Polari in Britain, in use since the 1940s. It uses a large amount of borrowings from French, Italian and Turkish. Once a secret language to evade the hostile community, it is now widely known thanks to television and thus not used much nowadays.

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name Gay community slang

Ελληνικά	καλιαρντά kaliarntá

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"Kaliarda." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kaliarda. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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Kaliarda. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kaliarda

Chicago

"Kaliarda." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kaliarda.

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@misc{kaliarda_2026,
  title = {Kaliarda},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kaliarda},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}