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thessalonica

/ˌθɛsələˈnaɪkə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables
thes-sa-loni-ca
IPA
/ˌθɛsələˈnaɪkə/
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Thessaloniki: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌθɛsələˈnaɪkə/

Derived Forms

Thessalonican

Questions

How do you pronounce thessalonica?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌθɛsələˈnaɪkə/.
What does thessalonica mean?
Alternative form of Thessaloniki: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.
Where does thessalonica come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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