Mytilene
Americannoun
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Also called Lesbos. a Greek island in the northeastern Aegean. 836 sq. mi. (2,165 sq. km).
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Also called Kastro. the capital of the Greek island of Mytilene.
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Modern Greek name: Mitilíni. a port on the Greek island of Lesbos: Roman remains; Byzantine fortress. Pop: (municipality): 37 881 (2001)
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a former name for Lesbos
Example Sentences
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The survivors were taken to Lesbos’ main port of Mytilene, where two people were transferred to a local hospital.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
Bry’s arrested triggered small protests on Lesbos and in Norway, while supporters online posted photographs of Greek coast guard vessels that are in plain view at the island’s main harbor, Mytilene.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2022
He left Moria, found a job as a house worker and then as a seamster, rented a house in Mytilene, the capital of Lesbos, where he has chosen to stay, his asylum application accepted.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2018
Foreigners, he claims, now constitute a third of the population of Mytilene, Lesbos’s main town, and he knows many who are afraid to venture out at night.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 22, 2017
Alpheus of Mytilene, hailing, by how long an interval, from the city and the craft of the Lesbian Muse, turned to the host.
From Roads from Rome by Anne C. E. (Anne Crosby Emery) Allinson
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