Macedonian
Meanings
adj
- Of or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language.
noun
- A person from Macedonia (in any sense).
- A South Slavic language, the standard language of the Republic of North Macedonia.
- The tongue of the Ancient Macedonians, spoken in Macedon during the 1st millennium BC. (see Ancient Macedonian)
- The Greek dialect in Macedonia, region of Greece.
adj
- Pertaining to the Macedonian heresy or to Macedonian heretics.
noun
- 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.
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Etymology
From Middle English Macedonyen, partly from Macedonia and partly from Latin Macedonius, + -an; equivalent to Macedonia + -an.
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