Salonika

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city historical city port city regional capital

Salonika, historically known as Thessaloniki, is a major port city in northern Greece that has long served as a key commercial and cultural crossroads of the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean.

Aliases (6)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → historical city → port city → regional capital →
administrativeCenterOf	Region of Central Macedonia → Thessaloniki regional unit →
alsoKnownAs	Thessaloniki →
capturedDuring	First Balkan War →
climate	Mediterranean climate →
country	Greece →
foundedBy	Cassander of Macedon →
foundedInCentury	4th century BCE →
hasFeature	large natural harbor → strategic position on trade routes between Europe and Asia →
hasPort	Port of Thessaloniki →
hasRole	major cultural center → major transportation hub → regional economic hub →
hasSignificance	historic center of Sephardic Jewish culture → major center of Greek Orthodoxy →
hasUniversity	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki →
historicalNameOf	Thessaloniki →
hostedEvent	Thessaloniki International Fair → Thessaloniki International Film Festival →
is	cultural crossroads of the eastern Mediterranean → key commercial crossroads of the Balkans → major port city in northern Greece →
isCapitalOf	Macedonia region of Greece →
joined	modern Greece in 1912 →
languageMajority	Greek →
locatedIn	Central Macedonia → Macedonia (Greece) → northern Greece →
locatedOn	Aegean Sea → Thermaic Gulf →
namedAfter	Thessalonike of Macedon →
partOf	Balkans → eastern Mediterranean region →
portServes	Balkans → southeastern Europe →
religionMajority	Eastern Orthodox Christianity →
secondLargestCityOf	Greece →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains	Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki →
wasPartOf	Byzantine Empire → Kingdom of Macedon → Ottoman Empire → Roman Empire →

Referenced by (54)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ("Thessaloniki") → Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ("Salonika Vilayet") → Nâzim Hikmet ("Thessaloniki") → Nâzim Hikmet ("Salonica Vilayet") →	placeOfBirth
Macedonia (Greece) ("Thessaloniki") → Northern Greece ("Thessaloniki") →	containsCity
Salonika Expedition → Salonika Expedition ("Thessaloniki") →	location
First Epistle to the Thessalonians ("Thessalonica") → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ("Thessalonica") →	locationOfRecipients
King George I of Greece ("Thessaloniki") → Licinius ("Thessalonica") →	placeOfDeath
Joseph Karo → Yosef Karo →	residence
Chalkidiki Peninsula ("Thessaloniki") →	adjacentTo
Salonika ("Thessaloniki") →	alsoKnownAs
Saint Methodius ("Thessalonica") →	associatedWith
Salonika Expedition ("Thessaloniki, Greece") →	basedAround
Aris Thessaloniki FC ("Thessaloniki") →	basedIn
Saint Cyril ("Thessalonica") →	birthPlace
Galerius ("Thessalonica") →	capitalOrMainResidence
Gregory Palamas ("Thessaloniki") →	deathPlace
Armed Forces of Greece ("Thessaloniki") →	garrison
Salonika Expedition →	garrisonCity
Macedonia (Greece) ("Thessaloniki") →	hasCapital
Byzantine art ("Thessaloniki") →	hasCenter
Jewish printing →	hasImportantCenter
Northern Greece ("Thessaloniki") →	hasLargestCity
Balkans ("Thessaloniki") →	hasMajorCity
Aegean Sea ("Thessaloniki") →	hasPort
Melbourne ("Thessaloniki") →	hasSisterCity
Göttingen ("Thessaloniki") →	hasTwinTown
Oberbefehlshaber Südost ("Thessaloniki") →	headquartersLocation
Romaniote Jews ("Thessaloniki") →	historicalCenter
Gevgelija region ("Ottoman Salonica Vilayet") →	historicallyPartOf
Salonika ("Thessaloniki") →	historicalNameOf
Aris Thessaloniki FC ("Thessaloniki") →	homeCity
Ottoman Empire →	importantCity
Macedonia (Greece) ("Thessaloniki") →	largestCity
Macedon ("Thessalonica") →	majorCity
solidus ("Thessalonica") →	mintedIn
Veria ("Thessaloniki") →	nearbyCity
Balkan Front →	notableCity
Axis occupation of Greece ("Thessaloniki") →	notablePlace
Via Egnatia ("Thessalonica") →	passesThrough
Greeks ("Thessaloniki") →	populationCenter
Volos ("Thessaloniki") →	railwayConnection
Young Turk Revolution →	region
Palaiologos dynasty ("Thessalonica") →	ruledTerritory
Timothy ("Thessalonica") →	sentTo
Aris Thessaloniki FC ("Thessaloniki") →	stadiumLocation
Silas ("Thessalonica") →	traveledTo
Leipzig ("Thessaloniki") →	twinCity
Göttingen ("Thessaloniki") →	twinTown