Θεσσαλονίκη

Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

Σαλονίκη (Saloníkē) — Byzantine

Etymology

From Θεσσᾰλός (Thessalós, “Thessalian”) +‎ νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”). The woman was named by her father, Philip II, in honor of his military victory in Thessaly, and later the city was named after her by Cassander, her husband.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰes.sa.lo.nǐː.kɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰes.sa.loˈni.ke̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θes.sa.loˈni.ci/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θes.sa.loˈni.ci/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.sa.loˈni.ci/

Proper noun

Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη • (Thessalonī́kē) f (genitive Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κης); first declension

Thessaloniki (a city in Greece)
Thessalonica, daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander, all three of whom were kings of Macedonia at one point.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη; τῆς Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη hē Thessalonī́kē
Genitive	τῆς Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κης tês Thessalonī́kēs
Dative	τῇ Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κῃ têi Thessalonī́kēi
Accusative	τὴν Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κην tḕn Thessalonī́kēn
Vocative	Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη Thessalonī́kē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Θεσσαλονικεύς (Thessalonikeús)

Descendants

→ Aghwan: 𐔸𐔴𐕚𐔰𐔾𐕒𐕎𐔼𐕄𐔴 (tesaloniḳe)
→ Catalan: Tessalònica
→ Danish: Thessaloniki
→ Dutch: Thessaloniki
→ Finnish: Thessaloniki
→ French: Thessalonique
- → Persian: تسالونیک (tesâlonik)
→ Galician: Tesalónica
→ German: Thessalonike
→ Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰 (þaissalauneika)
Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníki)
- → English: Thessaloniki
  - → Chinese: 塞薩洛尼基 / 塞萨洛尼基 (Sàisàluòníjī)
- → German: Thessaloniki
- → Low German: Thessaloniki
→ Hungarian: Theszaloníki
→ Indonesian: Thessaloniki, Tesalonika
→ Irish: Teasaloinicé
→ Italian: Tessalonica
→ Japanese: テッサロニキ (Tessaroniki)
→ Korean: 테살로니키 (Tesalloniki)
→ Latin: Thessalonica
- → English: Thessalonica
→ Latvian: Thessaloniki
→ Lithuanian: Tesalonikai
→ Norwegian: Thessaloniki
→ Polish: Thessaloniki
→ Russian: Фессало́ники (Fessalóniki)
→ Spanish: Tesalónica
→ Swedish: Thessaloniki
→ Tagalog: Thessaloníki
→ Ukrainian: Тессалоніки (Tessaloniky)
→ Welsh: Thessaloníci

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θesaloˈnici/
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Hyphenation: Θεσ‧σα‧λο‧νί‧κη

Proper noun

Θεσσαλονίκη • (Thessaloníki) f

Thessaloniki (a city in Greece)
Synonym: (colloquial) Σαλονίκη (Saloníki)

Declension

Declension of **Θεσσαλονίκη**
	singular
nominative	Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníki)
genitive	Θεσσαλονίκης (Thessaloníkis)
accusative	Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníki)
vocative	Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníki)

Derived terms

(formal) Θεσσαλονικέας m (Thessalonikéas, “Thessalonian”)
(dated) Θεσσαλονικεύς m (Thessalonikéfs, “Thessalonian”)
Θεσσαλονικιά f (Thessalonikiá, “Thessalonian”)
Θεσσαλονικιός m (Thessalonikiós, “Thessaloniani”)
θεσσαλονικιώτικος (thessalonikiótikos, “Thessalonian”, adjective)

Related terms

συμπρωτεύουσα f (symprotévousa, “second largest city, co-capital”) (often used to refer to Thessaloniki in Greece)

Descendants

→ English: Thessaloniki
- → Chinese: 塞薩洛尼基 / 塞萨洛尼基 (Sàisàluòníjī)
→ German: Thessaloniki
→ Low German: Thessaloniki

Θεσσαλονίκη

Ancient Greek

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Derived terms

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