Lesvian
Lesvian adjective: relating to the island of Lesvos (Lesbos) in Greece.
Adjective
Lesvian (not comparable)
- Relating to the island of Lesvos (Lesbos) in Greece.
- Since Lesvos is mainly a mountainous area and sometimes lacks sufficient water, the Lesvian agriculture is characterised by terrace-cultivation.2012, Multicriteria Analysis for Land-Use Management, Springer Netherlands, →ISBN, page 67
- For example, in a discussion of the Lesvian dialect of Greek which is otherwise devoted to documenting Paradigm Uniformity effects, Gafos and Ralli mention that the usual rule of unstressed high vowel deletion fails to apply when the deletion would result in a loss of morphological information.2014, Sharon Inkelas, The Interplay of Morphology and Phonology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 356
Noun
Lesvian (plural Lesvians)
- An inhabitant or a resident of Lesvos (Lesbos).
- Mytilini, or Lesvos, as it is often called, is a large Greek lisland in a gulf formed by the Turkish coast in the northern corner of the Aegean Sea. Local residents refer to themselves as "Lesvians".1999, Ann Blackman, Seasons of Her Life, Scribner, →ISBN, pages 185–186
- Among the Lesvians, Hjalmar Dahm and Georgios Sitaras offered invaluable logistical assistance and field help.2013, Jason A. Tipton, Philosophical Biology in Aristotle's Parts of Animals, Springer International Publishing, →ISBN, page vii
Examples of Lesvian in a sentence
- The move won us the sympathy and devotion of the Lesvians, especially the Mytilinians.2015, George A. Rados, Makedonia, iUniverse, →ISBN:
- Hospitable Lesvians and refugees with smiling eyes, with longing, with hope, optimism, and desire to show us a piece of home.2022, Sophie Streeting, Melting Pot, novum premium Verlag, →ISBN, page 12:
Synonyms of Lesvian
Forms of Lesvian
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Origin of Lesvian
From Lesvos + -ian.
Questions about Lesvian
- What does Lesvian mean?
- Lesvian means relating to the island of Lesvos (Lesbos) in Greece.
- How do you use Lesvian in a sentence?
- The move won us the sympathy and devotion of the Lesvians, especially the Mytilinians.
- What part of speech is Lesvian?
- Lesvian can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near Lesvian in the dictionary
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