lesbos

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von lesbos im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: Midilli adası; {i} Midilli
Mytilene: Midilli adası
Mytilene: i., bak. Lesbos
Mytilene: (isim) midilli adası

Türkisch - Türkisch

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von lesbos im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: The classical name for the island of Greece in the north-eastern Aegean Sea; {i} Greek island located in the Aegean Sea; or Mytilene or Mitilíni Third largest island (pop., 1991: 87,151) in the Aegean Sea. It occupies an area of 630 sq mi (1,630 sq km), and with two other islands it forms a Greek department. Its main town is Mytilene. Lesbos was the birthplace of the poet Sappho and is the source of the term lesbian. Inhabited since 3000 BC, it was settled in 1050 BC by the Aetolians. After being under Persian rule (527-479 BC), it joined the Delian League. In the Peloponnesian War, it fell to Sparta (405 BC), but then it was recovered for Athens (389 BC). It later flourished under Byzantium. It was ruled by the Ottoman Empire (1462-1911) before being annexed by Greece. Fishing is important economically, as is the export of olives; an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry
Mytilene: The capital of Lesbos
Mytilene: Another name for Lesbos
Mytilene: {i} Greek island located in Aegean Sea (also known as Lesbos)
mytilene: an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry