Thessaloniki
noun
official name of Salonika.
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Thessaloníki
Thessaloníkinouna 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 /
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Thessaloníki,
noun
Thessaloníki
British
/ θɛsalɔˈniki /
noun
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As Guilfoyle got ready for her speech in a side room at the Thessaloniki conference earlier this month, Marafatsos poked his head out of the room to talk to delegates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
A month before the documentary premiered on Netflix, a passenger was partially sucked through a broken window on a 737-800 Boeing plane when the cabin lost pressure after the plane took off from Thessaloniki, Greece.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The plane had taken off from Thessaloniki Airport early Friday morning when, at an altitude of 16,000 feet, pilots abandoned the climb and turned back to land on the runway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
It continued: "The aircraft landed normally and passengers returned to the terminal. One passenger requested and received medical assistance on the ground in Thessaloniki."
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
When fully convinced that this was the King's intention, Venezelos cast the die that gave Greek freedom a new birth in Thessaloniki and the Islands.
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