Thessaloniki

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English

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Thessaloniki within modern Greece
The White Tower in Thessaloniki

Etymology

From Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníki), from Ancient Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē), named for Thessalonike daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander of Macedonia, from Θεσσᾰλός (Thessălós, “Thessalian”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”), possibly named for her birth on the anniversary of the Battle of Crocus Field.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Thessaloniki

  1. A port city in northern Greece, the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtɛsaloˈniːki/, /-ˈnɪki/
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Proper noun

Thessaloniki n (proper noun, genitive Thessalonikis or (optionally with an article) Thessaloniki)

  1. Thessaloniki (a city in Greece)
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