Magnesia

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Magnesia may refer to:

a Greek toponym, derived from the tribal name Magnetes

The magnets are found here in Magnesia

• Magnesia (regional unit), the southeastern area of Thessaly in central Greece
• Magnesia ad Sipylum, a city of Lydia, now Manisa in Turkey
• Magnesia on the Maeander, an ancient Greek city in Anatolia
• Magnesia Prefecture, a former prefecture of Greece
• Magnesia, a mythical city-state in Plato's Laws

Chemistry

• Magnesium oxide
  • Periclase or magnesia, a natural mineral of magnesium oxide

See also

• Magnesium
• Magnesia alba
• Milk of magnesia, a suspension of magnesium hydroxide