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Limnos

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Lem·nos  (lmns, -ns, lmnôs) also Lím·nos (lmnôs)
An island of northeast Greece in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey northwest of Lesbos. Occupied in ancient times by Greeks, the island was later held by Persians, Romans, Byzantines, and Ottoman Turks. It became part of modern Greece in 1913.
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Noun1.Limnos - a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea; famous for a reddish-brown clay that has medicinal properties
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Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
Aegean, Aegean Sea - an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia
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Byline: ANI Washington, June 28 (ANI): The ruins of the oldest human settlement in the Aegean Islands found so far have been unearthed in archaeological excavations by a team of Greek, Italian and American archaeologists on the island of Limnos.
Archaeologists find oldest human settlement of Aegean Islands by Asian News International
From Thessaloniki (Macedonia) on July 6, to call at Nessebar (Bulgaria); Sevastopol (Ukraine); Constanta (Romania); Istanbul, Turkey and Limnos (Greece).
TOP CRUISES by The Mirror (London, England)
However, the Niarchosbred was already a half-sister to the eminent runners Shiva and Limnos, so her Galileo foal, due early next month, will have all the pedigree you could ask for.
Stellar cast ensures exciting times for Breeding Capital; BLOODSTOCK ... by The Racing Post (London, England)
 
 
 
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