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

I witnessed the arrivals on Lesbos and met Paris Laoumis as he was busy helping exhausted asylum seekers near his hotel.

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

In Season 2, Judy and his coalition are living in bliss on their private island, Lesbos 2.

From New York Times

The trial on the eastern island of Lesbos on espionage and other charges had attracted international scrutiny, with rights groups accusing Greece of targeting the defendants for their humanitarian work.

From Seattle Times