That gyro has two main pronunciations: /YEE-roh/ and /ZHIHR-oh/. The sandwich gyro was borrowed into English from Modern Greek in the 1970s and English speakers have given it an approximation of the Greek pronunciation. The earlier gyro has been fully phonetically anglicized.
Keeping this in view, why is the G is gyro silent?
According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the word gyro is pronounced “yee-roh.” It rhymes with hero. So the “g” is completely silent. But that didn’t stop Luke Bryan and Jimmy Fallon from getting completely loud about it.
Considering this, what does gyros mean in Greek?
A gyro (pronounced YEE-row) is a Greek dish that is typically served on a pita. Made with stacked meat that has been cooked on a vertical rotisserie, “gyro” means “round” in Greek. In Greece, gyros are traditionally made with pork, but chicken is also common, and the slices of meat are stacked on a spit.