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Lesbos

[ lez-bos, -bohs; Greek les-vaws ]

Lesbos

/ ˈɛɒ /

noun

  1. 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) Modern Greek nameLésvos Former nameMytilene
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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.

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“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.

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

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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.

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Sunday, sent a distress signal and shortly after disappeared about 4 1/2 nautical miles southwest of Lesbos, authorities said.

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