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Meaning & History
Derived from the Homeric Greek adjective ἠμαθόεις (emathoeis) meaning "sandy", which is ultimately derived from the Greek noun ἄμαθος (amathos) meaning "sand, dust, sandy soil". Emathion was the name of several characters in Greek mythology, one of them being a Samothracian king of whom it is said that Ἠμαθίη (Emathie) "Emathia" was named after him. Emathia was the earliest (and later also poetic) name of the now historical region of Macedonia.