noun
a port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece
• Syn: ↑Thessaloniki, ↑Salonica, ↑Thessalonica
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center, ↑port
• Part Holonyms: ↑Greece, ↑Hellenic Republic, ↑Ellas
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adjectivesee salonica
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/seuh lon"i keuh, sal'euh nee"keuh/, n.
1. Also, Salonica /seuh lon"i keuh, sal'euh nee"keuh/, Saloniki Gk. /sah'law nee"kee/. Official name, Thessalonike. Ancient, Therma. a seaport in south-central Macedonia, in NE Greece, on the Gulf of Salonika. 339,496.
2. Gulf of, an arm of the Aegean, in NE Greece. 70 mi. (113 km) long.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.