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.
noun
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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
“At this point we are treating everything as rumour,” Boris Cheshirkov, the UN refugee agency’s spokesman in Mytilene, the capital of Lesbos, said on Sunday.
From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2016
The production, presided over by a gray-haired, gentle-voiced Armando Durán as the narrator, Gower, gains a nice energy lift in the scenes set in Mytilene.
From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2015
Her home was at Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos.
From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell
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