Thessalonica

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Thessalonica

/ˌθɛsələˈnaɪkə/ US

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Borrowed from Latin Thessalonīca, from Ancient Greek Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη (Thessălonī́kē), named for Thessalonike daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander of Macedonia, from Θεσσᾰλός (Thessălós, “Thessalian”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”), possibly named for her birth on the anniversary of the Battle of Crocus Field in Thessaly.

proper noun

alternative, especially, historical Alternative form of Thessaloniki: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.

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@misc{thessalonica_2026,
  title = {Thessalonica},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thessalonica},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}