Θεσσαλονίκη

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From Θεσσαλός "Thessalian" and νίκη "victory." The woman was named by her father, Philip II in honor of his military victory in Thessaly. The city was named by Cassander in honour of his wife.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /tʰes̚saloni͜íkɛ͜ɛ/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /tʰɛs̚saloníːkeː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /θes̚saloníki/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /θes̚saloníci/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /θesaloníci/

Proper noun

Θεσσαλονίκη (genitive Θεσσαλονίκης) f, first declension; (Thessalonīkē)

1. Thessaloniki, a city in Greece.
2. 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

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Θεσσᾰλονίκη
Genitive	τῆς Θεσσᾰλονίκης
Dative	τῇ Θεσσᾰλονίκῃ
Accusative	τὴν Θεσσᾰλονίκην
Vocative	Θεσσᾰλονίκη

Descendants

Arabic: سالونيك Aromanian: Sãrunã Bulgarian: Солун (Solun) Catalan: Tessalònica Czech: Soluň Danish: Thessaloniki Dutch: Thessaloniki, Saloniki English: Thessaloniki, Thessalonica, Salonica Finnish: Thessaloniki, Saloniki French: Thessalonique, Salonique Galician: Tesalónica, Salónica German: Thessaloniki, Saloniki Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloniki), Σαλονίκη (Saloniki) Hebrew: סלוניקי (Saloniqi) Hungarian: Theszaloníki, Szaloníki Indonesian: Thessaloniki, Tesalonika Italian: Tessalonica, Salonicco Japanese: テッサロニキ (Tessaroniki) Korean: 테살로니키 (RR: Tesalloniki, MCR: T'esallonik'i, Yale: Theysallonikhi) Kurdish: Selanik Ladino: Salonika, Selanik

Latin: Thessalonica, Salonica Latvian: Thessaloniki Lithuanian: Salonikai, Tesalonikai Low German: Thessaloniki, Saloniki Macedonian: Солун (Solun) Norwegian: Thessaloniki, Salonika Old Church Slavonic: Ѳессалонїка Polish: Saloniki, Thessaloniki Portuguese: Salónica, Salônica Romanian: Salonic Russian: Салоники (Saloniki), Фессалоники (Fessaloniki) Serbo-Croatian: Солун, Solun Sicilian: Saluniccu Slovak: Solún Spanish: Tesalónica, Salónica Swedish: Thessaloniki Tagalog: Thessaloníki, Saloníki Turkish: Selanik, Selânik Ukrainian: Салоніки (Saloniky), Тессалоніки (Tessaloniky) Welsh: Thessaloníci

References

• NA27
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong's Concordance number: G2332

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Proper noun

Θεσσαλονίκη

1. Thessaloniki, a city in Greece.