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Salonika

American  
[suh-lon-i-kuh, sal-uh-nee-kuh] / səˈlɒn ɪ kə, ˌsæl əˈni kə /

noun

  1. Ancient Therma.  Official Name Thessaloniki.  a seaport in south-central Macedonia, in northeast Greece, on the Gulf of Salonika. Also Salonica Saloniki

  2. Gulf of Salonika, an arm of the Aegean, in northeast Greece. 70 miles (113 km) long.


Salonika British  
/ səˈlɒnɪkə /

noun

  1. the English name for Thessaloníki

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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

The draw for the Europa League also took place on Friday and saw Spurs drawn alongside Rubin Kazan, Paok Salonika, and, most intriguingly, Shamrock Rovers in Group A of the competition.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2011

The train for Salonika left at 6 o'clock.

From My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915 by Stanley, Monica M.