Thessalonich

Probably a learned Germanization of Latin Thessalonica. The -ch may be due to some analogy (cf. e.g. German Friedrich vs. Latin Fredericus). Alternatively, if going back to travellers (or crusaders), it might represent the Greek palatalized [kʲ].

• IPA^(key): /tɛsaˈloːnɪç/

Thessalonich n (proper noun, genitive Thessalonichs or (optionally with an article) Thessalonich)

1. (now biblical, else archaic) alternative form of Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki (a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece)

   Paulus sandte mindestens zwei Briefe an die Gemeinde in Thessalonich.

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• Thessalonicher