Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Aegean island, from Samos + Thrace, representing the sources of two waves of settlers who came to the island in ancient times.
Wikipedia
Samothrace (also Samothraki) (, ) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. It is a municipality within the Evros regional unit of Thrace. The island is long and is in size and has a population of 2,859 (2011 census). Its main industries are fishing and tourism. Resources on the island include granite and basalt. Samothrace is one of the most rugged Greek islands, with Mt. Saos and its tip Fengari rising to 1,611 m.
Usage examples of "samothrace".
One of those Greeks from Samothrace with hair so black it shone blue in the light, brows which met across the bridge of his nose in unashamed luxuriance, and eyes the color of a mountain lake .
Conceived on the mystic isle of Samothrace, the child was intended to be the human vessel of the Dark God, Kadmilos, destined to bring chaos and terror to the world.
On the wedding night in Samothrace, when Philip was awaiting the arrival of his bride, Parmenion had betrayed him.
He tried to convince himself that his first thought had been of Philip, and the hurt to his pride in the morning when all of Samothrace heard of his failure in the marriage bed.
They had talked on Samothrace, but then Derae had been hooded and veiled, her mind locked to the task ahead.
Then she saw again her journey to Samothrace and her efforts to prevent the conception of the Chaos Spirit.
Olympias knelt before the Lady of Samothrace, bowing her head to receive the blessing.
Soon Philip would face his doom, and the Lady of Samothrace would be on hand to guide his son to the throne.
I am ashamed to tell you that I believe it was my mother, aided by a friend of hers from Samothrace - Aida.
Not many blacks had been among the refugees to Samothrace, and the population had homogenized by intermarriage in the centuries since.
The working desk held a printoutflat, in 2-Dof his family back on Samothrace, standing in front of the ranchhouse.
Apparently the United States of Samothrace built its agents better armor than they thought.
Nobody on Samothrace had spoken anything else but English since the first generation of settlement.
USS a whole new Samothrace, in a solar system humans had never visited.
To the northwest, beyond the Hellespont, I can see the twin peaks of Samothrace, and if the weather were clearer to the west, I could see the summit of Mount Athos.