Etymology
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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 (Thessalós, “Thessalian”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”), possibly named for her birth on the anniversary of the Battle of Crocus Field.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˌθɛsələˈniːki/
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Proper noun
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Thessaloniki
- A port city in northern Greece, the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia.
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Modern city in Greece
- Arabic: سَالُونِيك m (sālūnīk)
- Armenian: Սալոնիկ (Salonik)
- Aromanian: Sãrunã f
- Belarusian: Фесало́нікі pl (Fjesalóniki)
- Bulgarian: Со́лун m (Sólun)
- Catalan: Tessalònica f, Salònica f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 塞薩洛尼基/塞萨洛尼基 (zh) (Sāisàluòníjī)
- Czech: Soluň (cs) f
- Danish: Thessaloniki
- Dutch: Thessaloniki n, Thessalonike n
- Finnish: Thessaloniki (fi)
- French: Thessalonique (fr) f, Salonique (fr) f
- Georgian: სალონიკი (saloniḳi)
- German: Thessaloniki (de) n, (short) Saloniki (de) n, (biblical) Thessalonich n
- Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη (el) f (Thessaloníki), Σαλονίκη (el) f (Saloníki)
- Ancient: Θεσσαλονίκη f (Thessaloníkē)
- Haitian Creole: Tesalonik
- Hebrew: סלוניקי
- Icelandic: Þessalóníka f
- Irish: Teasaloinicé f
- Italian: Salonicco (it) f
- Japanese: テッサロニキ (Tessaroniki)
- Kazakh: Салониқа (Saloniqa), Селенік (Selenık)
- Korean: 테살로니키 (Tesalloniki)
- Ladino:
- Hebrew: שאלוניקו
- Latin: Saloniko
- Latin: Thessalonica f, Salonica f
- Latvian: Saloniki m pl
- Lithuanian: Salonikai m pl
- Macedonian: Солун m (Solun)
- Megleno-Romanian: Săruna f
- Old East Slavic: Солунь (Solunĭ)
- Ottoman Turkish: سلانیك (Selanik)
- Persian: تسالونیک (Tesâlonik)
- Polish: Saloniki (pl) pl
- Portuguese: Tessalónica f (Portugal), Tessalônica (pt) f (Brazil), Salonica f
- Romanian: Salonic
- Russian: Сало́ники (ru) pl (Salóniki), Фессало́ники (ru) pl (Fessalóniki), Сало́ника f (Salónika)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Со̀лӯн m
- Roman: Sòlūn (sh) m
- Slovene: Solun m
- Spanish: Salónica f
- Swedish: Thessaloniki
- Turkish: Selanik (tr)
- Ukrainian: Сало́ніки pl (Salóniky), Солу́нь (Solúnʹ)
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