Lemnos

[lem-nos, -nohs, leem-naws]

noun

1. a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Myrina.

Lemnos

/ ˈlɛmnɒs /

noun

1. Modern Greek name: Límnos. a Greek island in the N Aegean Sea: famous for its medicinal earth ( Lemnian seal ). Chief town: Kastron. Pop: 18 104 (2001). Area: 477 sq km (184 sq miles)

Other Word Forms

• Lemnian adjective

Example Sentences

The deaths occurred on the island of Lemnos where flooding damaged roads and buildings and residents were asked to evacuate their homes, amid fears that a dam could overflow.

From BBC

Yet except for one of them, Hypermnestra, they did only what the Argonauts found the women of Lemnos had done: they killed their husbands.

From Literature

He’s been dumped on the isle of Lemnos for nine years with a festering snake bite that stinks to high heaven – that’s why the Greeks abandoned him en route for Troy.

From The Guardian

Manolis Garalis, on the island of Lemnos, makes a lively, aromatic retsina with organic muscat of Alexandria grapes, grown in stony volcanic soils.

From New York Times

But he can’t yet be sure when Lemnos was cut off from the mainland.

From Science Magazine