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Lentas
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thumb|250px|Lentas thumb|250px|Bay of Loutra thumb|250px|Loutra Bay and Marina Lentas (Greek Λέντας), Lentas is a coastal village 75 km south of Heraklion, on the south coast of Crete in Greece. It belongs to the community of Miamou within the municipality of Gortyna.

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Place details

Locality
Δημοτική Ενότητα Γόρτυνας
Region
Περιφέρεια Κρήτης
Country
Ελλάς
Population
0

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Instance of
village
Country
Greece
Population
80
Elevation
20
Image
Lentas bay.jpg
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Commons category
Lentas
located in/on physical feature
Crete
replaces
Leben
native label
Λέντας
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Contents
  • Origins of the name
  • Climate
  • History
  • References
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thumb|250px|Lentas thumb|250px|Bay of Loutra thumb|250px|Loutra Bay and Marina Lentas (Greek Λέντας), Lentas is a coastal village 75 km south of Heraklion, on the south coast of Crete in Greece. It belongs to the community of Miamou within the municipality of Gortyna.

==Origins of the name== The name of Lentas possibly derives from the Greek word Λέοντας (in English, "lion"). It refers to the lion-shaped cape that makes the small protected bay of Lentas. This cape is documented in medieval maps as Cape Liontas (Greek Ακρ. Λιώντας).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lentas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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