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Límnos, Nísos (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 55 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.9167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 025 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 25.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Mountainous and fertile island off W coast of Turkey; long noted for its medicinal soil, Lemnian bole or earth, used as an astringent; was important in Greek mythology, was especially sacred to Hephaestus. |
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| Límnos, Nísos (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Nísos Límnos (C,V,display,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Límnos (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Limnos (C,V)
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| Lemnos (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Lemnos (Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Dipolis (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Ilmeli (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Stalimene (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Stalimeni (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Lésvos (regional division) (P) |
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| island (preferred, C) |
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inhabited since the Bronze Age |
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