Macedonian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language.
noun
  1. A person from Macedonia (in any sense).
  2. A South Slavic language, the standard language of the Republic of North Macedonia.
  3. The tongue of the Ancient Macedonians, spoken in Macedon during the 1st millennium BC. (see Ancient Macedonian)
  4. The Greek dialect in Macedonia, region of Greece.
adj
  1. Pertaining to the Macedonian heresy or to Macedonian heretics.
noun
  1. A member of an anti–Nicene Creed sect founded by the Greek bishop Macedonius I of Constantinople, which flourished in the regions adjacent to the Hellespont during the latter half of the fourth, and the beginning of the fifth centuries.

Pronunciation

/mæsəˈdəʊniən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Macedonian.wav /mæsəˈdoʊniən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-Macedonian.wav

Word forms

Macedonian Makedonian Macedonians

Etymology

From Middle English Macedonyen, partly from Macedonia and partly from Latin Macedonius, + -an; equivalent to Macedonia + -an.

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