Lesbos

American  

[lez-bos, -bohs, les-vaws] / ˈlɛz bɒs, -boʊs, ˈlɛs vɔs /

noun

1. Mytilene.

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Lesbos British  

/ ˈlɛzbɒs /

noun

1. Former name: Mytilene.  Modern Greek name: Lésvos.  an island in the E Aegean, off the NW coast of Turkey: a centre of lyric poetry, led by Alcaeus and Sappho (6th century _bc ); annexed to Greece in 1913. Chief town: Mytilene. Pop: 90 642 (2001). Area: 1630 sq km (630 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

A group of aid workers who were put on trial in Greece for rescuing migrants on the island of Lesbos have been acquitted of all charges.

From BBC

The verdict came almost a month after the start of their trial at a court on Lesbos, ending a legal ordeal for the activists since 2018.

From Barron's

"I have so many memories that are coming back to me now," says Paris Louamis, 50, a hotelier on the Greek island of Lesbos.

From BBC

Among them, a remarkable disabled Kurdish girl I first met in August 2015, when she had joined a vast column of people who had landed on the Greek island of Lesbos.

From BBC

“We have created cities that might not be exactly in the right place and in the right type,” she said on a visit to the island of Lesbos.

From BBC