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- proper noun Alternative name for
Thessaloniki .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece
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Examples
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The Pope sketched a brief biography of the saints explaining how Cyril, born in Salonika around the year 826, received a careful education and was ordained a priest at an early age.
Pope John Paul II 2009
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Meyer also worked for Bulgarian prisoners of war incarcerated in Salonika, Greece immediately after the war.
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Dobritch, Eski-Djoumaja, and Rassgard, while Meyer worked with Bulgarian prisoners incarcerated in Salonika after the war.
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While a student, Mr. Pearson enlisted with the University of Toronto Hospital Unit with which he served in Salonika in 1915 and 1916.
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On foot, by road, rail or sea, he would eventually be taken to a temporary camp in Salonika.
Stalag 18A 2010
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When I did a play called Salonika with Jessica Tandy.
mirror.co.uk - Home 2009
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The Balkan peninsula, which had been raised to a high level of security and prosperity during the Roman dominion, gradually relapsed into barbarism as a result of these endless invasions; the walled towns, such as Salonika and Constantinople, were the only safe places, and the country became waste and desolate.
The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906
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In a locality where the judges cannot enter the immersion chamber (such as Salonika, where the ritual bath was situated in the women’s bathhouse), a female convert may immerse in the presence of three women, who are the agents of the court, after having accepted the yoke of the commandments [i.e., before the members of the court] outside the ritual bath (Mishpetei Ouziel, Even ha-Ezer [1935 ed.], para.
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Rubin Kazan and Paok Salonika, who each beat Spurs in the previous two European games, qualified at their expense.
Tottenham's Harry Redknapp gestures at Rovers fans over trial taunts 2011
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The Shamrock Rovers manager, Michael O'Neill, praised PAOK Salonika as his side saw their hopes of progressing to the Europa League knockout stages end after a 3-1 defeat in Dublin.
PSV Eindhoven draw comfort from Europa League qualification 2011
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