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
Clemetson's first taste of combat was in 1916 on the Macedonian Front, in Salonika.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2015
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
"Well, I am much obliged to you," said the merchant, "for in my dream I was hanging up in Salonika by my feet, with my head downwards."
From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Mór Jókai
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