Salonika

[ suh-lon-i-kuh, sal-uh-nee-kuh ]

/ səˈlɒn ɪ kə, ˌsæl əˈni kə /

noun

Also Sa·lon·i·ca

[suh-lon-i-kuh, sal-uh-nee-kuh] /səˈlɒn ɪ kə, ˌsæl əˈni kə/, Sa·lo·ni·ki

[Greek sah-law-nee-kee] /Greek ˌsɑ lɔˈni ki/. Official name Thessalonike. Ancient Therma. a seaport in south-central Macedonia, in NE Greece, on the Gulf of Salonika.

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

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Examples from the Web for salonika

The despatch of the Salonika force and their outfit are absorbing all my energies.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2|Ian Hamilton
Instead of which, when any two nations of the Near East went to the mat to settle their troubles, Salonika was the mat.
With the French in France and Salonika|Richard Harding Davis
North from Salonika came the slow advance of General Sarrail.
The World War and What was Behind It|Louis P. Benezet
Nevinson wants to find out whether it would be worth his while to go to Salonika.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2|Ian Hamilton

The event in the airport at Salonika and the attack on the convoy were window-dressing.
The Invaders|William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for salonika

Salonika

Salonica

/ (səˈlɒnɪkə) /

noun

the English name for Thessaloníki

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