Salonika

E23830
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.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Thessaloniki 126
Thessalonica 36
Salonika canonical 16

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
historical city ⓘ
port city ⓘ
regional capital ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Central Macedonia ⓘ
surface form: Region of Central Macedonia

Thessaloniki (regional unit) ⓘ
surface form: Thessaloniki regional unit
alsoKnownAs Salonika ⓘ
surface form: Thessaloniki
capturedDuring Balkan Wars ⓘ
surface form: 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 Salonika self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 (Greece) ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: eastern Mediterranean region
portServes Balkans ⓘ
southeastern Europe ⓘ
religionMajority Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
secondLargestCityOf Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ
surface form: Greece
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki ⓘ
wasPartOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Macedon ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Macedon

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (190)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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