# Θεσσαλονίκη
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* Σαλονίκη (Saloníkē) — Byzantine

### Etymology

From Θεσσᾰλός (Thessălós, “Thessalian”) +‎ νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”). The woman was named by her father, Philip II, in honor of his military victory in Thessaly, and later the city was named after her by Cassander, her husband.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʰes.sa.lo.nǐː.kɛː/ → /θes.sa.loˈni.ci/ → /θe.sa.loˈni.ci/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /tʰes.sa.lo.nǐː.kɛː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /tʰes.sa.loˈni.ke̝/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /θes.sa.loˈni.ci/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /θes.sa.loˈni.ci/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /θe.sa.loˈni.ci/

### Proper noun

Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη • (Thessălonī́kē) f (genitive Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κης); first declension
* Thessaloniki (a city in Greece)
* Thessalonica, daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander, all three of whom were kings of Macedonia at one point.

#### Derived terms

* Θεσσαλονικεύς (Thessalonikeús)

#### Descendants

* → Aghwan: 𐔸𐔴𐕚𐔰𐔾𐕒𐕎𐔼𐕄𐔴 (tesaloniḳe)
* → Catalan: Tessalònica
* → Danish: Thessaloniki
* → Dutch: Thessaloniki
* → Finnish: Thessaloniki
* → French: Thessalonique
** → Persian: تسالونیک (tesâlonik)
* → Galician: Tesalónica
* → German: Thessalonike
* → Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰 (þaissalauneika)
* Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníki)
** → English: Thessaloniki
*** → Chinese: 塞薩洛尼基 / 塞萨洛尼基 (Sàisàluòníjī)
** → German: Thessaloniki
** → Low German: Thessaloniki
* → Hungarian: Theszaloníki
* → Indonesian: Thessaloniki, Tesalonika
* → Irish: Teasaloinicé
* → Italian: Tessalonica
* → Japanese: テッサロニキ (Tessaroniki)
* → Korean: 테살로니키 (Tesalloniki)
* → Latin: Thessalonica
** → English: Thessalonica
* → Latvian: Thessaloniki
* → Lithuanian: Tesalonikai
* → Norwegian: Thessaloniki
* → Polish: Thessaloniki
* → Russian: Фессало́ники (Fessalóniki)
* → Spanish: Tesalónica
* → Swedish: Thessaloniki
* → Tagalog: Thessaloníki
* → Ukrainian: Тессалоніки (Tessaloniky)
* → Welsh: Thessaloníci

### Further reading

* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* G2332 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎, 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /θesaloˈnici/
* Audio:(file)
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* Hyphenation: Θεσ‧σα‧λο‧νί‧κη

### Proper noun

Θεσσαλονίκη • (Thessaloníki) f
* Thessaloniki (a city in Greece)
    Synonym: (colloquial) Σαλονίκη (Saloníki)

#### Derived terms

* (formal) Θεσσαλονικέας m (Thessalonikéas, “Thessalonian”)
* (dated) Θεσσαλονικεύς m (Thessalonikéfs, “Thessalonian”)
* Θεσσαλονικιά f (Thessalonikiá, “Thessalonian”)
* Θεσσαλονικιός m (Thessalonikiós, “Thessaloniani”)
* θεσσαλονικιώτικος (thessalonikiótikos, “Thessalonian”, adjective)

#### Related terms

* συμπρωτεύουσα f (symprotévousa, “second largest city, co-capital”) (often used to refer to Thessaloniki in Greece)

#### Descendants

* → English: Thessaloniki
** → Chinese: 塞薩洛尼基 / 塞萨洛尼基 (Sàisàluòníjī)
* → German: Thessaloniki
* → Low German: Thessaloniki

#### Further reading

* Θεσσαλονίκη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$