English Explanatory Dictionary

Macedonia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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. 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. A former constituent republic of Yugoslavia.
  7. A former province of the Roman Empire.
noun
  1. Alternative form of macédoine.

Pronunciation

/ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/ măs'ədōʹnēə /ˌmæs.əˈdoʊ.ni.ə/ /ˌmæs.əˈdoʊn.jə/ en-us-Macedonia.ogg

Word forms

Macedonia macedonias

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Greater Macedonia Vardaska Macedon former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia FYROM Macedonia-Skopje Monkeydonia New Macedonia Northern Macedonia North Macedonia Republic of Macedonia Republic of Northern Macedonia Republic of North Macedonia Socialist Republic of Macedonia Vardar Macedonia Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Aegean Macedonia Greek Macedonia Southern Macedonia South Macedonia Bulgarian Macedonia Pirin Macedonia

Related words

Countries of the world Skopje

Derived words

Aegean Macedonia Bulgarian Macedonia Central Macedonia East Macedonia East Macedonia and Thrace former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia FYROM Greater Macedonia Greek Macedonia Macedonian Macedonia-Skopje New Macedonia Northern Macedonia North Macedonia Pirin Macedonia Republic of Macedonia Republic of Northern Macedonia Republic of North Macedonia Socialist Republic of Macedonia Southern Macedonia South Macedonia Vardar Macedonia West Macedonia Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Translations

Afrikaans: Masedonië Asturian: Macedonia Bulgarian: Македо́ния Catalan: Macedònia Esperanto: Makedonio Finnish: Makedonia Georgian: მაკედონია German: Makedonien Macedonian: Македонија Church Slavic: Макєдонїꙗ Brazilian Portuguese: Macedônia European Portuguese: Macedónia Romanian: Macedonia Tagalog: Masedonya Turkish: Makedonya
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