Lesbos

//ˈlɛz.boʊs// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of lesbo form-of, plural
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An island of Greece, in the northeastern Aegean Sea.

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lesvosmytilenemytilene

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"Mitylene is a beautiful and extensive city of Lesbos intersected by various channels of the sea flowing through and around it, and adorned with bridges of polished white stone. You might imagine on beholding it that it was a collection of islets rather than a city."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos).

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