MAGNESIA (DISAMBIGUATION)

★ Magnesia, deriving from the Macedonian tribe name Magnetes, is the name of the southeastern area of Thessaly in central Greece.

★ '''Magnesia''' was also the name of two cities in ancient Lydia (modern Turkey) founded by Greek Magnesians.

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★ One of them, ''Magnesia ad Sipylum'' is famous as the site of the Battle of Magnesia. Its ruins lie close to present day Manisa.

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★ The other was ''Magnesia ad Maeandrum'' which lay within Ionia, but because it had been settled by Aeolians from Magnesia of Greece, was not accepted into the Ionian League.

★ In geology, magnesia is a natural form of magnesium oxide, also called periclase.

★ In alchemy and early chemistry, magnesia alba was the name for an indefinite hydrated mixture of magnesium hydroxide and magnesium carbonate.

★ In chemistry, magnesia could refer to magnesium oxide.
''See also milk of magnesia.''