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Gyros, sometimes anglicized as a gyro [2] [3] [4] (/ ˈ j ɪər oʊ, ˈ dʒ ɪər-, ˈ dʒ aɪ r-/; Greek: γύρος, romanized: yíros/gyros, lit. 'turn', pronounced) in some regions, is meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie, then sliced and served wrapped or stuffed in pita bread, along with other ingredients such as tomato, onion, fried potatoes, and tzatziki.
The word "kebab" is used, which comes to English from the Arabic: كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Urdu, Persian and Turkish; it may refer to a number of different kebab dishes made with roasted or grilled meat. While kebab has been used in English since the late 17th century, doner/döner kebab is known only from the mid-20th or later. [29]
English speakers from countries outside North America may also use the word kebab generally to mean the popular fast food version of the Turkish döner kebab, [63] or the related shawarma or gyros, and the sandwiches made with them, available from kebab shops as take-away meals. This usage may be found in some non-English parts of Europe as well.
The main difference between shawarma and gyro is the meat. Unlike gyros, which typically contain beef in addition to lamb, the packed-down shawarma meat can include chicken, lamb, turkey, veal, or ...
Shawarma (/ ʃəˈwɑːrmə /; Arabic: شاورما) is a Middle Eastern dish that originated in the Levantine region during the Ottoman Empire, [1][2][3][4] consisting of meat that is cut into thin slices, stacked in an inverted cone, and roasted on a slow-turning vertical spit. Traditionally made with lamb or mutton, it may also be made with ...
An inertial navigation system (INS; also inertial guidance system, inertial instrument) is a navigation device that uses motion sensors (accelerometers), rotation sensors (gyroscopes) and a computer to continuously calculate by dead reckoning the position, the orientation, and the velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a moving object ...
The rotor will maintain its spin axis direction regardless of the orientation of the outer frame. A gyroscope (from Ancient Greek γῦρος gŷros, "round" and σκοπέω skopéō, "to look") is a device used for measuring or maintaining orientation and angular velocity. [ 1 ][ 2 ] It is a spinning wheel or disc in which the axis of ...
The donair is a version of the Turkish doner kebab originated in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in the early 1970s. A proper donair consists of four main ingredients: donair meat, toppings, donair sauce, and pita bread. Donair meat is made from spiced ground beef sliced off a rotating cone.