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Lemnos

[lem-nos, -nohs, leem-naws]

noun

  1. a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Myrina.



Lemnos

/ ˈɛɒ /

noun

  1. Modern Greek name: íԴDz.a Greek island in the N Aegean Sea: famous for its medicinal earth ( Lemnian seal ). Chief town: Kastron. Pop: 18 104 (2001). Area: 477 sq km (184 sq miles)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • Lemnian adjective
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The deaths occurred on the island of Lemnos where flooding damaged roads and buildings and residents were asked to evacuate their homes, amid fears that a dam could overflow.

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He went as far east as Lemnos and there he recovered his sight.

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He’s been dumped on the isle of Lemnos for nine years with a festering snake bite that stinks to high heaven – that’s why the Greeks abandoned him en route for Troy.

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Manolis Garalis, on the island of Lemnos, makes a lively, aromatic retsina with organic muscat of Alexandria grapes, grown in stony volcanic soils.

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But he can’t yet be sure when Lemnos was cut off from the mainland.

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