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Thessalonica

noun
1.
A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece.  Synonyms: Salonica, Salonika, Thessaloniki.





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... assaulted. A spirit of discouragement and division arose in the fleet, and some of their chiefs sailed away towards the islands of Crete and Cyprus; but the main body, pursuing a more steady course, anchored at length near the foot of Mount Athos, and assaulted the city of Thessalonica, the wealthy capital of all the Macedonian provinces. Their attacks, in which they displayed a fierce but artless bravery, were soon interrupted by the rapid approach of Claudius, hastening to a scene of action that deserved the presence of a warlike prince ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 1 • Edward Gibbon
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... to be admired four pillars of verde antico, a species of green marble, obtained by the ancients, from the environs of Thessalonica. They were taken from the church of Montmorency, where they decorated the tomb of Anne, the constable of that name. The first three apartments are floored with inlaid oak; but this ...
— Paris As It Was and As It Is • Francis W. Blagdon
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Words linked to "Thessalonica" :   Salonika, city, Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas, urban center, metropolis, port, Salonica


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