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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 poetryplay

  Familiarity information: LESBOS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LESBOS (noun)


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:

Lesbos; Lesvos; Mytilene

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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