Thessalonica

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English[edit]

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The White Tower in Thessaloniki

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌθɛsələˈnaɪkə/
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Proper noun[edit]

Thessalonica

  1. (now especially historical) Alternative form of Thessaloniki, a port city in northern Greece.

Derived terms[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη (Thessalonī́kē).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Thessalonīca f sg (genitive Thessalonīcae); first declension

  1. Thessaloniki (a city in Greece)

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Thessalonīca
Genitive Thessalonīcae
Dative Thessalonīcae
Accusative Thessalonīcam
Ablative Thessalonīcā
Vocative Thessalonīca
Locative Thessalonīcae

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