Thessaloniki

[ the-sah-law-nee-kee ]

noun

1. official name of Salonika.

Thessaloníki

/ θɛsalɔˈniki /

noun

1. 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) Latin nameThessalonicaˌθɛsəˈlɒnɪkə English nameSalonikaSalonica

Example Sentences

Praksis is an NGO that runs free medical clinics in Athens and Thessaloniki in the northern part of the country.

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He left Cairo for Thessaloniki only to find Greece too erupting in violence.

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First, the party did best in the large urban constituencies of Athens and Thessaloniki.

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