Salonika
Americannoun
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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
Other stories say it came to Greece along with Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in the fifteenth century, who, even in Salonika, called it by its Ladino name, sopa de huevo y limón.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 23, 2017
We left by the 8.30 p.m. train for Salonika.
From My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915 by Stanley, Monica M.
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