Leros

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Greek Λέρος (Léros).

Proper noun[edit]

Leros

  1. An island and municipality of Greece, part of the Dodecanese in the southeastern Aegean Sea.
    • 2023 February 26, Helena Smith, “Greece fortifies border to block refugees from Turkish-Syrian earthquakes”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Hugely expensive “closed controlled” holding facilities have replaced squalid camps on Samos, Leros and Kos, and similar centres for asylum seekers are expected to open in Lesbos and Chios this year.