Salonica

Salónica English Alternative forms en Salonika Etymology From en la-med Salonica, from 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. Sometimes parsed as a clipping within English of en Thessalonica. Originally and still chiefly as a calque of en ota ⁧سلانیك⁩ Selânik; now with occasional reference to modern en el Σαλονίκη. Proper noun en now chiefly historical en @syn of:Thessaloniki Q17151. en 1951 November 'Pausanias' To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express" Railway Magazine 731 Sleeping-car passengers, however, will know little of their entry into Greece until, at 6 a.m. on the third morning after leaving Paris, the short train runs over the Vardar plain, with dawn glimpses of Mount Athos to the east and of cloud-capped Olympus across the gulf to the south, past the rebuilt yard and into the new passenger station at Salonica. Derived terms en Gulf of Salonica Anagrams en aacilnos Ascolian Insalaco en exonyms eponyms clippings Latin Etymology la :bor gkm:Σαλονίκη + 1 Proper noun la proper noun f la Thessalonica: la Thessaloniki Q17151 Portuguese Proper noun f pt Salónica: pt Thessaloniki Q17151 1