thessaloniki
/ˌθɛsələˈniːki/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.
Etymology
From Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníki), from Ancient Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē), 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.
Origin
- Source language: Greek
Word Breakdown
- Root: Θεσσαλονίκη