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Thessaloniki within modern Greece
 
The White Tower in Thessaloniki

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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.

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  • IPA(key): /ˌθɛsələˈniːki/
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Thessaloniki

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

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  • IPA(key): /ˌtɛsaloˈniːki/, /-ˈnɪki/
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Thessaloniki n (proper noun, genitive Thessalonikis or (optionally with an article) Thessaloniki)

  1. Thessaloniki (a city in Greece)