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Mytilene

Mytilene proper noun: lesbos.

Proper noun

Mytilene

  1. Lesbos.
  2. The capital of Lesbos.

Forms of Mytilene

alternative formMytilini
alternative formMitylene

Origin of Mytilene

From Ancient Greek Μυτιλήνη (Mutilḗnē).

Questions about Mytilene

What does Mytilene mean?
Mytilene means lesbos.
What part of speech is Mytilene?
Mytilene is a proper noun.

Words near Mytilene in the dictionary

  1. mythscape
  2. mythscapes
  3. mythus
  4. mythuses
  5. mythy
  6. Mytilene
  7. Mytilenean
  8. mytilicolid
  9. mytilicolids
  10. mytilid
  11. mytilids

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