Etymology

Thessalonica

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Latin Thessalonīca ← Ancient Greek Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΘεσσᾰλονῑ́κη
  2. Latin · borrowed fromThessalonīca
  3. English todayThessalonica

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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.