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Selanik.

Thessaloniki (a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

name/se.laːnic/
  1. Thessaloniki (a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece)

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish سلانیك (Selânik), from Byzantine Greek Σαλονίκη (Saloníkē), q.v.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.