Thessaloniki

English

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 (Thessalós, “Thessalian”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”), possibly named for her birth on the anniversary of the Battle of Crocus Field.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌθɛsələˈniːki/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Thessaloniki

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

Synonyms

• Thessalonica (now chiefly ancient and medieval contexts); Salonica, Salonika (now chiefly Ottoman contexts); Solun (uncommon)

Related terms

• Thessalonian
• Thessalonians
• Thessalonican

 

Translations

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)

German

Alternative forms

• (short form) Saloniki, (biblical) Thessalonich, (history, classical studies) Thessalonike, (archaic) Salonich, Salonichi, Thessalonichi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɛsaloˈniːki/, /-ˈnɪki/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

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

1. Thessaloniki (a city in Greece)