lesbos

Questions about lesbos

What does lesbos mean?

lesbos means "an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry".

How many syllables are in lesbos?

lesbos has 2 syllables and divides as les-bos under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for lesbos?

Close synonyms include Lesvos, Mytilene. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lesbos a common word?

lesbos is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.