proper nounHēphaestĭaHEPHAESTIA☆ KeepMeaninga city of LemnosLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879HEPHAESTIALEWIS & SHORTHEPHAESTIAHēphaestĭa, ae, f., I. a city of Lemnos, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 73; Liv. 33, 35, 2.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesGeographyHephaestiaHephaestia the ancient name of the small island now called Comino, between Malta and Gozo. [MELITA; GAULOS.] (See Wesseling, Itiner. p. 518.) The isla…