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Salonika

Salonika

1 6.6
A large city and port on the Aegean Sea in northern Greece called Thessaloniki
  • proper noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : Salónica
  • Several days later, the Papandreou government of Greece, driven by paranoia about territorial integrity and nationalism, imposed an embargo that effectively cut off the border with Macedonia, including the strategic port of Salonika.
  • Greek Salonika
  • Salonika police
  • Salonika police chief

Examples

  • Salonika is also one of the primary industrial cities in the country and a major tourist destination for both Greeks and international travelers.

    Blog text (4)

  • East Africa, Salonica, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia were for him distractions.

  • Her father had hired for her when she was a girl in Salonika.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The girls from Salonika should be ashamed of the fact.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Now you call costopolos in salonika.

    The Greek Tycoon (1978)

  • (The girls from Salonika would secretly chew on the bones that they fished from the ponds until the older prisoners told them whose they were.)

    Fiction book (1991)

  • He likes to linger over a coffee and a cognac in the village of Hortiati in the foothills of the same mountain that rose behind us south of here during my days in our Salonika headquarters near the village of Arsakli.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The coin, designed by artist-sculptor George Stamatopoulos (widely known for his depictions on the one and two EYR Greek circulation coins), has included some very well-known images and symbols known in Salonika and all over Greece.

    Blog text (4)

  • The city of Salonika is known for its rich history and beautiful architecture.

  • During my travels, I visited the vibrant markets of Salonika along the waterfront.

Synonyms

Thessaloniki
vsSalonika
2 5.1

A major port city in northern Greece by the Aegean Sea

is an older alternative name rather than the standard modern form
Thessalonica
vsSalonika
1 7.4

A historic port city in northern Greece on the Aegean Sea and the country's second largest city

is the modern common label rather than the historical form
Salonica
vsSalonika
  • Archaic
8.1

An old English name for Thessaloniki, the second largest city in northern Greece

is the more neutral variant used today rather than the older form

Surface Forms

Salonica main
Salonica main

Etymology

Salonika comes from the Greek name Thessaloniki, and that Greek name includes nike which means 'victory'. So Salonika is an older English form of the city's name and refers to the same city now usually called Thessaloniki in northern Greece.