Meaning of the name: people despised or obscure. Related names are:
Jerusalem. The translations of Emmaus in 78 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Emaús in Spanish to
エマオ in Japanese!
And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. (LUK 24:13)