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LESBOS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lesbos mean?
• LESBOS (noun)
The noun LESBOS has 1 sense:
1. an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry
Familiarity information: LESBOS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Instance hypernyms:
Aegean island (an island in the Aegean Sea)
Meronyms (members of "Lesbos"):
Lesbian (a resident of Lesbos)
Holonyms ("Lesbos" is a part of...):
Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)
Aeolia; Aeolis (an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC)
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