What is "spiro"

n. (context slang English) spironolactone.

Spiro(s) or Spyro(s) may refer to:

• ARA Spiro (P-43), the corvette of the Argentine Navy named after Samuel Spiro

• , a Greek tanker in service 1974-75

• Spiro Agnew, thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States
• Spiro curves, i.e. Euler spirals
• Spiro compound, a class of organic compound featuring two rings joined at one atom
• Spiro (band), a musical group based in Bristol, England
• Spiro (device), 1970s telephone hacking device
• Spiro (name) or Spyro or Spyros, origin of the name and people with this name
• Spiro, Oklahoma
  • Spiro Mounds, an archaeological site near Spiro, Oklahoma
• Spirogermanium (NSC 192965), a metallic investigational anticancer drug
• Spyro (series), a series of video games
  • Spyro the Dragon (video game), the first game in the series
  • Spyro the Dragon (character)

Spiro is a surname with a variety of origins, as well as a given name among Greek-speaking populations, Albanians, Montenegrins, Macedonians and the Christians of Lebanon.

Spiro is an instrumental musical group based in Bristol, England. They emerged from the Bristol session scene in 1993, first playing with each other (and others) at The Robin Hood public house, on St. Michael's Hill, in regular open sessions run by landlord and landlady, Simon and Sally Pyner, and soon settling on a line-up which remains unchanged to this day. They released three albums under the name The Famous Five (The Famous Five, 1993, Wasp With Horn, also 1993 and Lost in Fishponds, 1994, the first two on cassette only, the last being released on CD). The first cassette did not include Jon Hunt, but instead included Dave Thorogood on Uilleann and Scottish bagpipes and Noel Russell on Bodhran (it is possible that this is a mis-spelling of Bristolian percussionist, Neil Russell, ex- of Skin the Peeler).

Their first album under the name Spiro, Pole Star (1997), saw a development of their interest in fusing minimalist classical influences with the traditional music of the North of England. In 2009 they signed to UK label Real World Records, since when they have released three albums, Lightbox (2009), Kaleidophonica (2012) and Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow (2015) as well as a mini-album, The Vapourer (2013), with live recordings by the group and Moog versions of two of their compositions by Portishead's Adrian Utley.