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  • It was called grio Yial, Wild or Savage Seaside, both because of its near lack of cultivation and, perhaps, its distance from the civilizing influence of Hra and the Monastery of St. John.

    The Summer of My Greek Tavérna Tom Stone 2002

  • Then I used Pam's link and clicked over to The Grio, read what "grio" meant, and some of the web site and contents, and surfed for a pic of Ms. Nelson.

    Pam's House Blend - Front Page 2010

  • Bob Sean Bury si fa una notte in grio per la città, come solo lui sa.

    No Fat Clips!!! : Psycho Bob: Bob`s Big Night 2007

  • And Toumani Diabate is a grio, a storyteller and musician who's known for his gorgeous melodies performed on the African harp known as the Kora.

    Diabate's Orchestra Showcases Sounds of Mali 2006

  • “The Patmiti say the ghosts walk here in grio Yial,” Mémis continued, “waiting for someone to find their bodies.

    The Summer of My Greek Tavérna Tom Stone 2002

  • Chrstos spoke to him with the same hard look that I had seen in Theolgos’s eyes when he’d learned we were going to grio Yial.

    The Summer of My Greek Tavérna Tom Stone 2002

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