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.

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Salonika British  

/ səˈlɒnɪkə /

noun

1. the English name for Thessaloníki

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Example Sentences

Chelsea, who can claim their Europa League group with a point at home to Paok Salonika on Thursday, were overrun early on at Wembley and trailed by two goals after 16 minutes.

From The Guardian

There was even the possibility he had been involved in inexcusable actions against Yugoslavian partisans as well as the mass deportation of Jews from Salonika.

From Los Angeles Times

She has very fond memories of Volos, a beautiful port city that sits midway between Athens and Salonika/Thessaloniki.

From Washington Post

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

Bikas’ wife had left the couple’s holiday house hours before the fire to visit their son in the nearby city of Salonika.

From The Guardian