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Salonika
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English
Etymology
From incomplete latinization of en gkm Σαλονίκη, clipping of en grc Θεσσαλονίκη, named for Thessalonike of Macedon Thessalonike daughter of Philip II of Macedonia Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander Cassander of Macedonia, from grc Θεσσᾰλός Thessalian + grc νῑ́κη victory, possibly named for her birth on the anniversary of the Battle of Crocus Field. Used chiefly as a calque of en ota سلانیك Selânik but with occasional reference to modern en el Σαλονίκη.
Proper noun
en @alt sp:Salonica @syn of:Thessaloniki Q17151.
Anagrams
en aaiklnos Sokalian
en exonyms eponyms
Ladino
lad:
Pronunciation
lad lad-Salonika.ogg Istanbul
Proper noun
f סאלוניקה
lad Saloniko: lad Thessaloniki Q17151 +,Salonica
lad Katja Šmid Shadarim El Ijo del Rey i el Nazir: La Istorya de Buda en Ladino https://www.shadarim.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Revista-Shadarim-numero-1-pdf.pdf 2021 29 https://www.shadarim.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Revista-Shadarim-numero-1-pdf.pdf#page=29 2788-5356 Komo es byen savido, los autores sefaradis eskrivyeron munchas ovras literarias en la lingua djudeo-espanyola ke, sovre todo durante los siglos diezimueve i vente, se estanparon en letras rashi en las estamparias djudias ke se topavan en las sivdades kon grandes komunidades sefaradis del Oriente (Estambul, Izmir, Salonika i otras). As is well known, Sephardic authors have written many literary works in Judezmo that, above all during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, were inscribed in Rashi in the Jewish inscriptions found in cities in the East with large Sephardic communities (Istanbul, Izmir, Salonica, & alibi). https://web.archive.org/web/20251214205111/https://shadarim.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Revista-Shadarim-numero-1-pdf.pdf 14 December 2025