A Greek island in the eastern Aegean, off the coast of north-western Turkey; chief town, Mytilene. Its artistic golden age of the late 7th and early 6th centuries BC produced the poets Alcaeus and Sappho.
Greek name Lésvos
Definition of Lesbos in US English:
Lesbos
proper nounˈlezbəs
A Greek island in the eastern Aegean, off the coast of northwestern Turkey; chief town, Mytilene. Its artistic golden age of the late 7th and early 6th centuries BC produced the poets Alcaeus and Sappho.