Θεσσαλονίκη
Ancient Greek
proper noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek Θεσσᾰλός (Thessalian) + Ancient Greek νῑ́κη (victory, conquered).
Origin
Ancient Greek
νῑ́κη
Gloss
victory, conquered
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
✌️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Thessaloniki English
- Θεσσαλία Ancient Greek
- Θεσσαλίς Ancient Greek
- Θεσσαλικός Ancient Greek
- Θεσσᾰλός Ancient Greek
- Νίκαια Ancient Greek
- Νίκανδρος Ancient Greek
- Νικήρατος Ancient Greek
- Νικοκλῆς Ancient Greek
- Νικόλαος Ancient Greek
- Νικόμαχος Ancient Greek
- Νικόπολις Ancient Greek
- Στρατονίκη Ancient Greek
- Φερενίκη Ancient Greek
- νῑ́κη Ancient Greek
- ἀνίκητος Ancient Greek
- Ἀνδρόνικος Ancient Greek
- Ἐτεόνικος Ancient Greek
- Teasaloinicé Irish
- Θεσσαλονίκη Greek (modern)
- Солун Bulgarian
- 塞薩洛尼基 Chinese
- Sãrunã Aromanian