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It derives from the Greek island of Lesbos (Greek Λέσβος – pronounced Lesvos in Modern Greek), the home of the woman poet [[Sappho]] (Σαπφώ; c.620–570 BC) some of whose poems talk of love for other women. | It derives from the Greek island of Lesbos (Greek Λέσβος – pronounced Lesvos in Modern Greek), the home of the woman poet [[Sappho]] (Σαπφώ; c.620–570 BC) some of whose poems talk of love for other women. | ||
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Lesbian is currently the most usual and acceptable term for homosexual women.
It derives from the Greek island of Lesbos (Greek Λέσβος – pronounced Lesvos in Modern Greek), the home of the woman poet Sappho (Σαπφώ; c.620–570 BC) some of whose poems talk of love for other women.
The sculptor Maggi Hambling prefers the term lesbionic.
