loukaníkο

Sausage or salami. Greeks made a wide variety, usually flavoured with orange zest, fennel and other spices. They appear on their own on menus or in various dishes.

λουκανίκο χωριάτικο (loukaníko choriátiko) country sausage, the default kind they usually grill.

Another kind is a dry fermented salami made of smoked pork and air-cured, made in Mystras near Sparta is known as σαλάμι αέρα Μυστρά (salámi aéro Mystrá).

These days you may even see τσορίθο—chorizo.