Meanings
- A port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.
Synonyms: Thessalonica, Salonica, Salonika, Solun
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.
Origin
- Ancient GreekΘεσσαλονίκη
- GreekΘεσσαλονίκη
- EnglishThessaloniki
From Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníki), from 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.
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Afrikaans Thessaloniki
- Thessalonikimodern city in Greece
Ancient Greek Θεσσαλονίκη
- Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē)modern city in Greece
Arabic سَالُونِيك
- سَالُونِيك (sālūnīk)modern city in Greece
Basque Tesalonika
- Tesalonikamodern city in Greece
Bengali থেসালোনিকি, সালোনিকি
- থেসালোনিকি (theśalōniki)modern city in Greece
- সালোনিকি (śalōniki)modern city in Greece
Bulgarian Со́лун
- Со́лун (Sólun)modern city in Greece
Catalan Tessalònica, Salònica
- Tessalònicamodern city in Greece
- Salònicamodern city in Greece
Chinese Mandarin 塞薩洛尼基 /塞萨洛尼基
- 塞薩洛尼基 /塞萨洛尼基 (Sàisàluòníjī)modern city in Greece
Czech Soluň
- Soluňmodern city in Greece
Danish Thessaloniki
- Thessalonikimodern city in Greece
Dutch Thessaloniki, Thessalonike
- Thessalonikimodern city in Greece
- Thessalonikemodern city in Greece
Esperanto Tesaloniko
- Tesalonikomodern city in Greece
Estonian Thessaloniki
- Thessalonikimodern city in Greece
Finnish Thessaloniki
- Thessalonikimodern city in Greece
French Thessalonique, Salonique
- Thessaloniquemodern city in Greece
- Saloniquemodern city in Greece
German Thessaloniki, Saloniki
- Thessalonikimodern city in Greece
- Salonikimodern city in Greece
- Thessalonichmodern city in Greece
Greek Θεσσαλονίκη, Σαλονίκη
- Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníki)modern city in Greece
- Σαλονίκη (Saloníki)modern city in Greece
Hebrew סלוניקי
- סלוניקיmodern city in Greece
Hindi थेसालोनिकी
- थेसालोनिकी (thesālonikī)modern city in Greece
Hungarian Szaloniki
- Szalonikimodern city in Greece
Icelandic Þessalóníka
- Þessalóníkamodern city in Greece
Indonesian Thessaloniki
- Thessalonikimodern city in Greece
Irish Teasaloinicé
- Teasaloinicémodern city in Greece
Italian Salonicco
- Saloniccomodern city in Greece
Japanese テッサロニキ
- テッサロニキ (Tessaroniki)modern city in Greece
Korean 테살로니키
- 테살로니키 (Tesalloniki)modern city in Greece
Latin Thessalonica, Salonica
- Thessalonicamodern city in Greece
- Salonicamodern city in Greece
Latvian Saloniki
- Salonikimodern city in Greece
Lithuanian Salonikai
- Salonikaimodern city in Greece
Malay Thessaloniki
- Thessalonikimodern city in Greece
Norwegian Bokmål Thessaloniki
- Thessalonikimodern city in Greece
Persian تسالونیک
- تسالونیک (Tesâlonik)modern city in Greece
Polish Saloniki
- Salonikimodern city in Greece
Portuguese Tessalónica, Tessalônica
- Tessalónicamodern city in Greece
- Tessalônicamodern city in Greece
- Salonicamodern city in Greece
Romanian Salonic
- Salonicmodern city in Greece
Russian Сало́ники, Фессало́ники
- Сало́ники (Salóniki)modern city in Greece
- Фессало́ники (Fessalóniki)modern city in Greece
- Сало́ника (Salónika)modern city in Greece
Slovak Solún
- Solúnmodern city in Greece
Spanish Salónica, tesalónica
- Salónicamodern city in Greece
- tesalónicamodern city in Greece
Swedish Thessaloniki
- Thessalonikimodern city in Greece
Tagalog Tesalonica
- Tesalonicamodern city in Greece
Thai เทสซาโลนีกี
- เทสซาโลนีกี (têe-saa-loo-nii-gii)modern city in Greece
Turkish Selanik
- Selanikmodern city in Greece
Ukrainian Сало́ніки, Солу́нь
- Сало́ніки (Salóniky)modern city in Greece
- Солу́нь (Solúnʹ)modern city in Greece
Vietnamese Thessaloniki
- Thessalonikimodern city in Greece
Welsh Thesalonici
- Thesalonicimodern city in Greece
Yiddish סאַלאָניקי
- סאַלאָניקי (saloniki)modern city in Greece
Cite this entry
Thessaloniki. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thessaloniki
“Thessaloniki.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thessaloniki. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Thessaloniki,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thessaloniki.
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