Salonika

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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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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

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Iraklis Thessaloniki FC hasFanBaseIn Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Demas locationWhenAbandoningPaul Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessalonica
Demas associatedWithLocation Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessalonica
George Polk placeOfDeath Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki, Greece
Aristarchus fromCity Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessalonica
Licinius II deathPlace Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessalonica
Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki patronage Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki associatedWith Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki birthPlace Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki deathPlace Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki cultCenter Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Black Sea Trade and Development Bank headquartersLocation Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia serves Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia cityServed Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia nearbyCity Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Balkans and Anatolia majorCity Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Kingdom of Thessalonica capital Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Kingdom of Thessalonica namedAfter Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Praetorian Prefect location Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessalonica
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization foundedIn Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
European route E75 passesThrough Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Katerini locatedSouthOf Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Hikmet placeOfBirth Salonika
subject surface form: Nâzim Hikmet
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Holocaust in Greece location Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Liberation of Greece significantPlace Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Greek National Road 1 connects Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Greek National Road 1 endsNear Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Greek mainland hasMajorCity Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Saint Irene of Thessalonica martyrdomPlace Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessalonica
Saint Irene of Thessalonica associatedWithCity Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessalonica
Macedonian navy hadBase Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessalonike
Theoni V. Aldredge placeOfBirth Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki, Greece
Kalampaka connectedByRailTo Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Kalampaka municipality railConnection Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Glossa Port connectsToCity Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Skopelos Port connectsTo Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki (seasonal)
Mönchengladbach twinCity Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
KK PAOK city Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
National Schism significantPlace Salonika
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki
Mons, Belgium hasTwinTown Salonika
subject surface form: Mons
this entity surface form: Thessaloniki