Thessalonich

== German == === Etymology === Probably a learned Germanization of Latin Thessalonica. The -ch may be due to some analogy (cf. e.g. German Friedrich vs. Latin Fredericus). Alternatively, if going back to travellers (or crusaders), it might represent the Greek palatalized [kʲ]. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɛsaˈloːnɪç/ === Proper noun === Thessalonich n (proper noun, genitive Thessalonichs or (optionally with an article) Thessalonich) (now biblical, else archaic) alternative form of Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki (a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece) ==== Derived terms ==== Thessalonicher