Definition of Thessaloniki

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

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

Definition of Thessaloniki

1. Proper noun. The second-largest city in Greece, capital of the Greek Region of Macedonia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thessaloniki

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
Thibetans
Thibetian
Thibetians

Literary usage of Thessaloniki

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

1. Greece: The Mainland, Poloponnest by Wolfgang Josing (2000)
"Macedonia's capital is thessaloniki, a city with the honorary title of joint capital ... Left: A street trader in thessaloniki. IN THE WAKE OF BARBARIANS ..."

2. Attic Grave Reliefs That Represent Women in the Dress of Isis by Elizabeth J. Walters (1988)
"50) is separated into head and arms; the thick drapery conveys the mass of the body like figures on the Arch of Galerius in thessaloniki of AD 303 (see HP ..."

3. Environmental Performance Reviews by Oecd (2000)
"CO concentrations in thessaloniki also show a decreasing trend, ... Ambient levels of lead measured in Athens and thessaloniki have continuously decreased ..."

4. Hellenistic Pottery: Athenian and Imported Wheelmade Table Ware and Related by Susan I. Rotroff (1997)
"291:5 (West Slope), 296:a (black glazed, thessaloniki); ... e (thessaloniki, mostly black glazed); ... 353:a, 358m (thessaloniki), and pp. 344-345, pis. ..."

5. Greek Islands by Anne Midgette (1999)
"Tourist Police, tel. 22200. Oil PLANE: Airport 9 km northeast of Minna, tel. 31202. Flights to Athens, thessaloniki, Lésvos; charter flights in summer. ..."

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