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• Thessaloniki
  Thessaloniki

  noun

  official name of Salonika.
• Thessaloníki
  Thessaloníki

  noun

  a port in NE Greece, in central Macedonia at the head of the Gulf of Salonika (an inlet of the Aegean): capital of the Roman province of Macedonia; university (1926). Pop: 824 000 (2005 est)

Thessaloniki

American  

[the-sah-law-nee-kee] / ˌθɛ sɑ lɔˈni ki /

Also Thessaloníki,

noun

1. official name of Salonika.

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Thessaloníki British  

/ θɛsalɔˈniki /

noun

1. Latin name: Thessalonica.  English name: Salonika.   Salonica.  a port in NE Greece, in central Macedonia at the head of the Gulf of Salonika (an inlet of the Aegean): capital of the Roman province of Macedonia; university (1926). Pop: 824 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

"We’ve kept the animals inside since September 9," said Giorgos Xenitidis, a 59-year-old livestock farmer in the outskirts of Thessaloniki.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The passenger service from Athens to Thessaloniki was crowded with students returning to university after a holiday for Greek Orthodox Lent when the train collided with a goods train on the same track outside Larisa.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2025

Kostas Papazachos, a professor of seismology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, told broadcaster ERT that the authorities had to allow for the situation to continue for most or all of February.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2025

One of the first to benefit from the new law would be Lio Emmanouilidou, a 43-year-old teacher, who plans to marry her long-term partner in Thessaloniki on March 8, which is International Women’s Day.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2024

The newly re-invented nation incorporated a huge swathe of Macedonia, not including Thessaloniki and the Chalcidice Peninsula.

From Terrorists and Freedom Fighters by Vaknin, Samuel