Macedonia

Meaning

1. A geographic region in Southeast Europe in the Balkans which includes the Republic of North Macedonia, the region of Macedonia in Greece, the Pirin region of Bulgaria, and small parts of Albania and Serbia.
2. (historical) An ancient Greek kingdom in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.
3. Former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans.
4. A geographic region and former administrative region of Greece, comprising the regions of West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and the East Macedonia part of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace.
5. A geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia.
6. (historical) A former constituent republic of Yugoslavia.
7. (historical) A former province of the Roman Empire.

Synonyms

Macedon

Makedonija

Macedonia (FYROM)

Slovenia

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Republic of Macedonia

Jugoslavija

𐐝𐐲𐑉𐐺𐐨𐐲 𐐰𐑌𐐼 𐐣𐐪𐑌𐐲𐑌𐐨𐑀𐑉𐐬

Bosnia and Herzegovina

𐐣𐐰𐑅𐐲𐐼𐐬𐑌𐐨𐐲

fruit salad

Serbia and Montenegro

Translations

Macédoine

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Macedonia

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Macedonia

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Macedonië

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Μακεδονία

Makedonya

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Macedònia

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Macedónia

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Mazedonien

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Macedônia

Makedonien

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مقدونيا

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Macedònia

Macedonia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), from μακεδονία (makedonía, “highland”), from μακεδνός (makednós, “high, tall”). Doublet of macedoine.