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Kings Kassandros named the city after the half-sister of Alexender the Great - Thessaloniki, who was named by Phillip after his Thassalian wife, Thessala, and whose subsequent daughter was named in honour of his victory his Thessalian neighbours and where the name means 'victory over the Thessalians', after the root words 'thessala' & 'Nike' which means victory - it also is a double pun on his Thessalian wife Thessala.
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