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==Name== There are two theories regarding the origin of its name: it was either named after a daughter of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]], or after Xanthi, one of the [[Amazons]] that ruled the region, according to legend. Xanthi is known as ''İskeçe'' in [[Turkish language|Turkish]]<ref>Heath W. Lowry, The Shaping of the Ottoman Balkans, 1350-1550: The Conquest, Settlement & Infrastructural Development of Northern Greece, Bahçeşehir University Publications, 2008, ISBN 9756437782, р. 213.</ref> and Скеча (''Skecha'') or Ксанти (''Ksanti'') in [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]].<ref> Радослав Попов, Балканската политика на България 1894-1898, Българска академия на науките, стр 164.</ref>
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