lesbiana

/lesˈbjana/ · B1 · noun · f

lesbian

Etymology: from Lesbos, the Greek island of the poet Sappho

Sappho, a poet from the island of Lesbos, wrote love poems to women around 600 BC. Her island gave the word to English, Spanish and many other languages. Spanish adds the feminine ending -iana: les-BIA-na.

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