Salonica

== English == === Alternative forms === Salonika === Etymology === From Medieval Latin Salonica, from Byzantine Greek Σαλονίκη (Saloníkē), clipping of 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. Sometimes parsed as a clipping within English of Thessalonica. Originally and still chiefly as a calque of Ottoman Turkish سلانیك (Selânik); now with occasional reference to modern Greek Σαλονίκη (Saloníki). === Proper noun === Salonica (now chiefly historical) Synonym of Thessaloniki: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece. ==== Derived terms ==== Gulf of Salonica === Anagrams === Ascolian, Insalaco == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Byzantine Greek Σαλονίκη (Saloníkē). === Proper noun === Salonica f synonym of Thessalonica: Thessaloniki (a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece) == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Salonica f dated spelling of Salónica: Thessaloniki (a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece)