Apollonia is named as a place passed through on the way to Thessalonica.

The attested use names a place in an itinerary: in Acts 17:1, the accusative singular form occurs among locations passed through before arrival at Thessalonica.

1. Place named in a travel itinerary · dominant

   In Acts 17:1, Ἀπολλωνίαν is a feminine accusative singular noun within the sequence of places traversed; the APB renders the journey as going through “Amphipolis and Apollonia” before coming to Thessalonica.

   Acts 17:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 17:1, the APB includes “Apollonia” in the list of places passed through. It confirms the itinerary context rather than supplying a separate lexical explanation.