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Marmara Island
Marmara Island () is a Turkish island in the Sea of Marmara. With an area of it is the largest island in the Sea of Marmara and is the second largest island of Turkey after Gökçeada (older name in Turkish: ''İmroz''; Greek: Ίμβρος ''Imvros''). It is the center of Marmara district in Balıkesir Province. Transportation is possible from Istanbul by ship and ferry, and by motorboat from Tekirdağ and Erdek. Famed for their wine and fish, Marmara and Avsa offer wonderful shorelines. Marmara island is full of historical treasures which increase its attractiveness. The town of "Mermer Plaj" / Marble Beach takes its name from the marbles for which the town is famous.
==Etymology==
In ancient times the island was called Proikonesos (Προικόνησος) or Prokonnesos (Προκόννησος), Latinized as Proconnesus.〔 The modern name "Marmara" is derived from the Greek μάρμαρον (''marmaron'')〔(Marmaron, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', at Perseus )〕 and that from ''μάρμαρος'' (''marmaros''), "crystalline rock", "shining stone",〔(Marmaros, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', at Perseus )〕〔(Marble, Compact Oxford English Dictionary )〕 perhaps from the verb ''μαρμαίρω'' (''marmairō''), "to flash, sparkle, gleam",〔(Marmairō, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', at Perseus )〕 because it was famous for the white marble quarried there. Under the name ''Proconnesus'' it is a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church〔 (the see is currently vacant),〔(Proconnesus ) (catholic-hierarchy.org )〕 and of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
Proconnesian marble is used extensively in the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, and exclusively in the Herculean Sarcophagus of Genzano now in the British Museum.
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