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
Example Sentences
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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
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
Clemetson's first taste of combat was in 1916 on the Macedonian Front, in Salonika.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2015
Since leaving Salonika there has been no such opportunity as now offers.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone
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