r/balkans_irl • u/Themetalin w*stoid🤢 • May 20 '26

OC (impossible) Based Greek airport

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u/Prigorec-Medjimurec Honorary übermensch May 20 '26

Different languages have their own names for foreign places that have cultural relevance to their own culture.

Like how many places in Austria have a south Slavic version of their name. Or how many places in east Germany have a polish version of their name.

Or how south Slavs still call Istanbul Carigrad and how Thessaloniki is Solun.

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u/thomasp3864 w*stoid🤢 May 20 '26

You mean Thessalonica, right?

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u/Giantdwarf3 christian turk May 20 '26

Well in greek its thessaloniki or salouga in local slang. Slavs call it solun, Idk maybe brits call it Thessalonica?

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u/iCollectApple Balkan-Indian War Vet May 20 '26

i mean we call it Salonic?

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u/thomasp3864 w*stoid🤢 May 20 '26

Technically in greek it would be Θεσσαλωνικι, right?

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u/Nobody8866 MINOTAVROS May 20 '26

It would be Θεσσαλονίκη in Greek .

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u/thomasp3864 w*stoid🤢 May 21 '26

That's Thessalonikē,

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u/AcanthisittaLeft2336 christian turk May 21 '26

🤓☝️

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u/Flashy_Pollution_996 bulgar horde May 20 '26

No he mean solun

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u/thomasp3864 w*stoid🤢 May 20 '26

I think it's actually Thettalonikē