"Lesviot" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Lesvos + -iot Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Lesvos|-iot}} Lesvos + -iot Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Lesviot (not comparable)
  1. (rare) Relating to the island of Lesvos (Lesbos) in Greece. Tags: not-comparable, rare Synonyms: Lesbian, Lesvian
    Sense id: en-Lesviot-en-adj-s7Pesm~U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -iot, Greek demonyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -iot: 51 49 Disambiguation of Greek demonyms: 49 51

Noun

Forms: Lesviots [plural]
Etymology: Lesvos + -iot Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Lesvos|-iot}} Lesvos + -iot Head templates: {{en-noun}} Lesviot (plural Lesviots)
  1. (rare) An inhabitant or a resident of Lesvos (Lesbos). Tags: rare Synonyms: Lesbian, Lesvian Translations (an inhabitant or a resident Lesvos (Lesbos)): lesbano (Esperanto), lesbanino (Esperanto), Lesviot [masculine] (German), Lesviotin [feminine] (German), Lesvonier [masculine] (German), Lesvonierin [masculine] (German), Lesbier [masculine] (German), Lesbierin [feminine] (German), lesver [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lesvar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-Lesviot-en-noun-PkkiTYge Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -iot, Greek demonyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -iot: 51 49 Disambiguation of Greek demonyms: 49 51

Inflected forms

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