Definition of Thessalonica

1. Noun. A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece.

Exact synonyms: Salonica, Salonika, Thessaloniki
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic

Definition of Thessalonica

1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Thessaloniki) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thessalonica

Theseus
Thespesia
Thespesia populnea
Thespian
Thespians
Thespis
Thesprotia
Thesprotian
Thesprotians
Thess.
Thessalia
Thessalian
Thessalians
Thessalonian
Thessalonians
Thessalonica
Thessalonican
Thessalonicans
Thessaloniki
Thessaly
Thetidian
Thetis
Thevetia
Thevetia neriifolia
Thevetia peruviana
Thezac-Porsmeur method
Theætetus
Thiara
Thibet
Thibetan

Literary usage of Thessalonica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould (1877)
"One day, as she was going out of a gate of thessalonica, a heathen, struck by her ... The church of thessalonica raised an oratory over the place of the ..."

2. Archæology and the Bible by George Aaron Barton (1916)
"Within the past hundred years no less than nineteen inscriptions have come to light which prove its accuracy, by referring to the rulers of thessalonica as ..."

3. The Work and Teachings of the Apostles by Charles Foster Kent (1916)
"Although the rulers of thessalonica were especially sensitive to a charge of this kind, they evidently recognized its absurdity and simply put Jason and his ..."

4. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"Many of the inhabitants of thessalonica were expelled from their houses ; people of rank were ... The Sicilian army at last quitted thessalonica to march to ..."

5. History of the Planting and Training of the Christian Church by the Apostles by August Neander (1864)
"PAULS SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY When he had been labouring for some time in these parts, Timothy returned from thessalonica, by whom he received accounts of ..."

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