Thessaly
pronunciation
How to pronounce Thessaly in British English:
UK [ˈθesəli]
How to pronounce Thessaly in American English:
US [ˈθɛsəli]
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- Noun:
- a fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece
Word Origin
- Thessaly
- district south of Macedonia and east of Epirus, from Greek Thessalia (Attic Thettalia), an Illyrian name of unknown origin. Related: Thessalian. The city of Thessalonika on the Thermaic Gulf was ancient Therme, renamed when rebuilt by the Macedonian king Cassander, son of Antipater, and named in honor of his wife, Thessalonica, half-sister of Alexander the Great, whose name contains the region name and Greek nike "victory." The adjectival form of it is Thessalonian Related: Thessalonians.
Example
- 1. We 'll leave thessaly for good .
- 2. The greeks regarded thessaly and thrace as the countries especially addicted to magic .
- 3. They included crete , the cyclades , the greek mainland south from thessaly , including the peloponnese , and macedonia , thrace , and western anatolia .
- 4. " They included crete , the cyclades , the greek mainland south from thessaly , including the peloponnese , and macedonia , thrace , and western anatolia . "
- 5. Many smaller greek states , moreover , took the side of the persians , especially thessaly , thebes and argos .