Salonica
Salonica proper noun: synonym of Thessaloniki: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.
Proper noun
Salonica
- Synonym of Thessaloniki: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.
- Sleeping-car passengers, however, will know little of their entry into Greece until, at 6 a.m. on the third morning after leaving Paris, the short train runs over the Vardar plain, with dawn glimpses of Mount Athos to the east and of cloud-capped Olympus across the gulf to the south, past the...1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731
- Synonyms:
- Thessaloniki
Synonyms of Salonica
Forms of Salonica
| alternative form | Salonika |
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Origin of Salonica
From Medieval Latin Salonica, from Byzantine Greek Σαλονίκη (Saloníkē), clipping of Ancient Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē), 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. Sometimes parsed as a clipping within English of Thessalonica. Originally and still chiefly as a calque of Ottoman Turkish سلانیك (Selânik); now with occasional reference to modern Greek Σαλονίκη (Saloníki).
Words formed from Salonica
Questions about Salonica
- What does Salonica mean?
- Salonica means synonym of Thessaloniki: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.
- What part of speech is Salonica?
- Salonica is a proper noun.
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