Salonika
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Ancient Therma. Official Name Thessaloniki. a seaport in south-central Macedonia, in northeast Greece, on the Gulf of Salonika. Also Salonica Saloniki
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Gulf of Salonika, an arm of the Aegean, in northeast Greece. 70 miles (113 km) long.
noun
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After D-Day, with B-25s sighted over Salonika, Doundoulakis met one of his neighbors on the street: “Helias, do you see?” he cried.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Probierz, who will be 51 on Sunday, previously coached a string of teams including Greek side Aris Salonika and Polish clubs Gornik Zabrze, Widzew Lodz and Jagiellonia Bialystok.
From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2023
In his first season, as a 21-year-old, McQueen played in a European final, coming off the bench in Leeds' 1973 Cup Winners' Cup final against AC Milan in Salonika.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023
Modiano was born near Paris in July, 1945, to a Flemish mother and a father from a Jewish family with roots in Salonika.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 9, 2014
Dr. Dearmer has gone to Salonika to fetch the members of the new unit; they arrive to-morrow.
From My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915 by Stanley, Monica M.
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