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  1. Greek island in the Aegean Sea, near the
  2. coast of Turkey area 2,154 sq km/831 sq mi
  3. capital Mytilene products olives, wine, grain
  4. population (1981) 104,620 history ancient
  5. name Lesbos; an Aeolian settlement, the home
  6. of the poets Alcaeus and Sappho; conquered by
  7. the Turks from Genoa 1462; annexed to Greece
  8. 1913.
  9.