Thessalonica

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Thessalonīca, from Ancient Greek Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη (Thessălonī́kē), 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 in Thessaly. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (General American) /ˌθɛsələˈnaɪkə/ === Proper noun === Thessalonica (now especially historical) Alternative form of Thessaloniki: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece. ==== Derived terms ==== Thessalonican == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη (Thessălonī́kē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tʰɛs.sa.ɫɔˈniː.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tes.sa.loˈniː.ka] === Proper noun === Thessalonīca f sg (genitive Thessalonīcae); first declension Thessaloniki (a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. === References === “Thessălŏnīca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Thessălŏnīca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.