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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

In his first season, as a 21-year-old, McQueen played in a European final, coming off the bench in Leeds' 1973 Cup Winners' Cup final against AC Milan in Salonika.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2023

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

France, Salonika, Egypt, India, and Flanders—and these are generally love stories, and seldom bear a trace of battle-smoke or high adventure.

From The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors by Klickmann, Flora

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