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Lésvos (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 10 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.1667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 026 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 26.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in strategic position; was center of Bronze Age culture; settled by Aeolians ca. 1050 BCE; especially prospered in 7th cen. BCE; noted for lyric poets Alcaeus & Sappho, & was home of Aristotle & Epicurus. |
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| Lésvos (preferred,C,O,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Nisí Lésvos (C,V)
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| Nísos Lésvos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Lesbos (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Lesbos (Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Lesvos (C,O)
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| Lésvos, Nísos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Lesbos Island (C,V,English-P,U)
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| Νησί Λέσβος (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Mitilíni (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Mitilini (C,V)
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| Mytilene (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Mitylene (C,V)
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| Metelino (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Midilli (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Midilli Adası (NA,V,Turkish (transliterated),U)
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| Midillü (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Midullu (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Mitylene Island (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Mytilíni (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Λέσβος (C,V,Greek,U)
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| MY (C,V,A)
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Lésvos (regional division) (P) |
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Lésvos (island) (P) |
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Lésvos (island) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| island (preferred, C) |
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settled since Bronze Age, annexed by Greece in 1913 |
| ancient site (C) |
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| Bronze Age (H) |
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