Thessaly

['θesəli]

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.

1. The fertile imagination of early times had placed his abode on Mount Olympos in Thessaly.: 古时候人们想像力极为丰富,认为宙斯住在色萨利的奥林匹斯山上.

2. Between Macedon and thessaly of eastern GREece there stood a high mountain.: 在马其顿和希腊东部的色萨利之间耸立着一座高山.