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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μακεδονία ( Makedonía , “ Macedonia ” ) , from μακεδονία ( makedonía , “ highland ” ) , from μακεδνός ( makednós , “ high, tall ” ) . Doublet of macedoine .
Pronunciation
( UK ) IPA (key ) : /ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/
( US ) enPR : măs'ədōʹnēə IPA (key ) : /ˌmæs.əˈdoʊ.ni.ə/ , /ˌmæs.əˈdoʊn.jə/ [ 1]
Rhymes: -əʊniə
Hyphenation: Ma‧ce‧do‧ni‧a , Ma‧ce‧don‧ia
Proper noun
Macedonia
An ancient Greek kingdom, located to the north of Thessaly , comprising the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.
Synonym: Macedon
The largest and second-most populous region of Greece , comprising the regions of West Macedonia , Central Macedonia and the East Macedonia part of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace .
North Macedonia , a country in Southeastern Europe , or one of its predecessor incarnations, such as the Socialist Republic of Macedonia in Yugoslavia.
2002 , Jozo Tomasevich, War and Revolution in Yugoslavia: 1941 - 1945 , Stanford University Press, →ISBN , page 166 :But all this took time and delayed the start of the Communist-led uprising in Macedonia until October 11, 1941, that is, almost three months after it began in other parts of Yugoslavia. The CPY only had a few members in Macedonia at the time [ …]
A geographical region which includes the Republic of North Macedonia, the Greek region of Macedonia, the Pirin region of Bulgaria, and small parts of Albania and Serbia.
The part of that region which is in south-western Bulgaria. ( Also called Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia . )
Synonyms
( ancient kingdom conquered by Rome ) :
( North Macedonia, sovereign country, nation-state in Europe ) :
( region of Greece ) :
( region of Bulgaria ) :
( region across many countries ) :
Derived terms
Translations
ancient kingdom
Afrikaans: Masedonië
Arabic: مَقْدُونِيَا f ( maqdūniyā )
Hijazi Arabic: مَقْدونيَا f ( magdōnya, maqdōnya )
Armenian: Մակեդոնիա ( Makedonia )
Bulgarian: Македо́ния (bg) f ( Makedónija ) , Анти́чна Македо́ния f ( Antíčna Makedónija )
Catalan: Macedònia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬其頓 / 马其顿 (zh) ( Mǎqídùn )
Coptic: ⲙⲁⲕⲉⲇⲟⲛⲓⲁ ( makedonia )
Czech: Makedonie (cs) f
Danish: Makedonien (da) n
Dutch: Macedonië (nl) n
Egyptian: (mjgꜣdn )
Esperanto: Makedonio (eo) , Antikva Makedonio , Pramakedonio
Estonian: Makedoonia (et)
Finnish: Makedonia (fi)
French: Macédoine (fr) f
Georgian: მაკედონია ( maḳedonia )
German: Makedonien (de) n
Greek: Μακεδονία (el) f ( Makedonía )
Ancient: Μακεδονία f ( Makedonía )
Hebrew: מוקדון f ( mokedon ) , מָקֶדוֹנְיָה (he) f ( makedonya )
Hindi: मैसिडोनिया m ( maisiḍoniyā ) , मैसेडोनिया (hi) m ( maiseḍoniyā ) , मकदूनिया (hi) m ( makdūniyā )
Hungarian: Makedónia (hu)
Irish: An Mhacadóin f
Italian: Macedonia (it) f
Japanese: マケドニア (ja) ( Makedonia ) , マケドニア 王国 ( Makedonia ōkoku )
Korean: 마케도니아 (ko) ( Makedonia ) , 마께도니아 (ko) ( Makkedonia ) ( North Korea )
Lao: ມາເກໂດເນຍ ( mā kē dō nīa )
Latin: Macedonia (la)
Macedonian: Македонија (mk) f ( Makedonija )
Malay: Makadunia
Maori: Makerōnia
Norman: Macédoine f ( Jersey )
Northern Thai: ᨾᩣᨪᩥᨯᩰᨶᩮ᩠ᨿ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Makedonia (no) n
Nynorsk: Makedonia (nn) n
Polish: Macedonia (pl) f
Portuguese: Macedónia (pt) f ( Portugal ) , Macedônia (pt) f ( Brazil )
Romanian: Macedonia (ro) f
Russian: Македо́ния (ru) f ( Makedónija )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Макѐдо̄нија f
Roman: Makèdōnija (sh) f
Shan: မႃႇၵေႇတေႃးၼိ ( màa kèe táu nǐ )
Slovene: Makedónija (sl) f
Spanish: Reino de Macedonia m
Swedish: Makedonien (sv) n
Tagalog: Masedonya
Thai: มาซิโดเนีย (th) ( maa-sí-doo-niia )
Tigrinya: መቆዶንያ ( mäḳodonya )
Turkish: Makedonya (tr)
Vietnamese: Ma-xê-đô-ni-a
Võro: Makõdoonia
Acehnese: Makèdonia
Afrikaans: Masedonië
Albanian: Maqedoni f ( indefinite ) , Maqedonia (sq) f ( definite )
Amharic: መቄዶንያ ( mäḳedonya ) , መቄዶኒያ ( mäḳedoniya )
Arabic: مَقْدُونِيَا f ( maqdūniyā ) , مَكْدُونِيَا f ( makdūniyā )
Hijazi Arabic: مَقْدونيَا f ( magdōnya, maqdōnya )
Armenian: Մակեդոնիա ( Makedonia )
Aromanian: Republica Machedonia
Azerbaijani: Makedoniya (az)
Bashkir: Македония ( Makedoniya )
Belarusian: Македо́нія f ( Makjedónija ) , Рэспу́бліка Македо́нія f ( Respúblika Makjedónija )
Bengali: ম্যাসেডোনিয়া (bn) ( mêśeḍōniẏa ) , মেসিডোনিয়া ( meśiḍōniẏa )
Bulgarian: Македо́ния (bg) f ( Makedónija ) , Репу́блика Македо́ния f ( Repúblika Makedónija )
Burmese: မက်စီဒိုးနီးယား ( makcidui:ni:ya: )
Catalan: Macedònia (ca) f , República de Macedònia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬其頓 / 马其顿 (zh) ( Mǎqídùn )
Cornish: Makedoni f
Czech: Makedonie (cs) f
Danish: Makedonien (da) n
Dhivehi: މެސެޑޯނިއާ ( meseḍōniā )
Dutch: Macedonië (nl) n
Esperanto: Makedonio (eo) , Respubliko de Makedonio
Estonian: Makedoonia (et) , Makedoonia Vabariik
Faroese: Makedónia n
Finnish: Makedonia (fi)
French: Macédoine (fr) f
Gagauz: Македония ( Makedoniya ) , Makedoniya
Galician: Macedonia (gl) f
Georgian: მაკედონია ( maḳedonia ) , მაკედონიის რესპუბლიკა ( maḳedoniis resṗubliḳa )
German: Mazedonien (de) n
Greek: Μακεδονία (el) f ( Makedonía ) ( rare, literal ) , Σκόπια (el) f ( Skópia ) , πρώην Γιουγκοσλαβική Δημοκρατία της Μακεδονίας f ( próin Giougkoslavikí Dimokratía tis Makedonías ) , ΠΓΔΜ (el) f ( PGDM ) ( provisional references )
Hausa: Masedoniya
Hebrew: מָקֶדוֹנְיָה (he) f ( makedonya )
Hindi: मैसिडोनिया m ( maisiḍoniyā ) , मैसेडोनिया (hi) m ( maiseḍoniyā ) , मकदूनिया (hi) m ( makdūniyā )
Hungarian: Macedónia (hu)
Icelandic: Makedónía (is) f
Irish: An Mhacadóin f , Iar-Phoblacht Iúgslavach na Macadóine f , Poblacht Iar-Iúgslavach na Macadóine f
Italian: Macedonia (it) f , Repubblica di Macedonia f
Japanese: マケドニア (ja) ( Makedonia ) , マケドニア 共和国 ( Makedonia kyōwakoku )
Kazakh: Македония ( Makedoniä )
Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនី ( maaseedounii )
Korean: 마케도니아 (ko) ( Makedonia ) , 마케도니아 공화국 ( makedonia gonghwaguk ) , 마께도니아 (ko) ( Makkedonia ) ( North Korea ) , 마께도니아 공화국 ( makkedonia gonghwaguk ) ( North Korea )
Kyrgyz: Македония (ky) ( Makedoniya )
Lao: ມາເຊດວນ ( mā sē dūan )
Latvian: Maķedonija (lv) f
Lithuanian: Makedonija (lt) f
Macedonian: Македонија (mk) f ( Makedonija ) , Република Македонија (mk) f ( Republika Makedonija )
Malay: Makedonia
Maltese: il-Maċedonja f , ir-Repubblika tal-Maċedonja
Maori: Makeronia
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Македон (mn) ( Makedon )
Navajo: Masedóonya
Norman: Macédoine f ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Makedonia (no) n
Nynorsk: Makedonia (nn) n
Pashto: مقدونيه f ( maqdunya )
Persian: مقدونیه (fa) ( maqduniye ) , مکادونیه ( makâduniye )
Polish: Macedonia (pl) f
Portuguese: Macedónia (pt) f ( Portugal ) , Macedônia (pt) f ( Brazil )
Rarotongan: Maketōnia
Romanian: Macedonia (ro) f , Republica Macedonia
Russian: Македо́ния (ru) f ( Makedónija ) , Респу́блика Македо́ния (ru) f ( Respúblika Makedónija )
Scots: Macedonie
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Макѐдо̄нија f , Репу̀блика Макѐдо̄нија f
Roman: Makèdōnija (sh) f , Repùblika Makèdōnija f
Silesian: Macedůńijo f
Sinhalese: මැසඩෝනියාව ( mæsaḍōniyāwa )
Slovak: Macedónsko (sk) n
Slovene: Makedónija (sl) f
Spanish: Macedonia (es) f , República de Macedonia (es) f
Swedish: (Forna Jugoslaviska Republiken) Makedonien (sv) n
Tagalog: Masedonya
Tajik: Мақдуния ( Maqduniya )
Thai: มาซิโดเนีย (th) ( maa-sí-doo-niia )
Tibetan: མ་སེ་ཌོ་ནིཡ ( ma se ḍo niy )
Turkish: Makedonya (tr)
Turkmen: Makedoniýa
Ukrainian: Македо́нія (uk) f ( Makedónija ) , Респу́бліка Македо́нія f ( Respúblika Makedónija )
Urdu: میسیڈونیا m ( meseḍoniyā ) , مقدونیہ m ( maqdūniya )
Uyghur: ماكېدونىيە ( makëdoniye )
Uzbek: Makedoniya (uz)
Vietnamese: cộng hòa Ma-xê-đô-ni-a , Ma-xê-đô-ni-a
Võro: Makõdoonia , Makõdoonia Vabariik'
Yiddish: מאַקעדאָניע ( makedonye )
Yoruba: Masidonia
region of northern Greece
modern geographical region
Translations to be checked
See also
(countries of Europe ) countries of Europe ; Albania , Andorra , Armenia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Belarus , Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Czechia (Czech Republic ), Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Georgia , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Kazakhstan , Latvia , Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Moldova , Monaco , Montenegro , Netherlands , North Macedonia , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Russia , San Marino , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , Ukraine , United Kingdom , Vatican City
Countries of the world
Skopje
North Macedonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Macedonia (Greece) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Anagrams
Asturian
Proper noun
Macedonia
Macedonia
Derived terms
Galician
Proper noun
Macedonia f
North Macedonia (modern republic)
Ido
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Macedonia
Macedonia
See also
(countries of Europe ) lando di Europa ; Albania , Andora , Armenia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Bielorusia , Belgia , Bosnia e Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Kroatia , Chipro , Chekia , Dania , Estonia , Finlando , Francia , Gruzia , Germania , Grekia , Hungaria , Islando , Irlando , Italia , Kazakstan , Latvia , Liechtenstein , Lituania , Luxemburgia , Macedonia , Malta , Moldova , Monako , Montenegro , Nederlando , Norvegia , Polonia , Portugal , Rumania , Rusia , San-Marino , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Hispania , Suedia , Suisia , Turkia , Ukraina , Unionita Rejio , Vatikano
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ma.t͡ʃeˈdɔ.nja/
Rhymes: -ɔnja
Hyphenation: Ma‧ce‧dò‧nia
Proper noun
Macedonia f
Macedonia (all senses)
Anagrams
Latin
Macedonia (in red) on a map of the provinces of the Roman Empire circa AD 120.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μακεδονία ( Makedonía , “ Macedonia ” ) , from μακεδονία ( makedonía , “ highland ” ) , from μακεδνός ( makednós , “ high, tall ” ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Macedonia f sg (genitive Macedoniae ) ; first declension
Macedonia
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
Macedonia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934 ) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.
“Macedonia ”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857 ), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography , volume 1 & 2 , London: Walton and Maberly
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Macedonia .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ma.t͡sɛˈdɔɲ.ja/
Rhymes: -ɔɲja
Syllabification: Ma‧ce‧don‧ia
Proper noun
Macedonia f (related adjective macedoński )
Macedonia (a region in Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , North Macedonia and Serbia )
Macedonia (an ancient kingdom in the Balkans in Southeast Europe )
Macedonia (an administrative region of Greece )
Macedonia (former name of North Macedonia , a country in the Balkans in Southeast Europe )
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Macedonia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Macedonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Proper noun
Macedonia f
Obsolete spelling of Macedónia .
Romanian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Macedonia f
Macedonia
Declension
gender f
uncountable
Nom/Acc
Macedonia
Gen/Dat
Macedoniei
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : ( Spain ) /maθeˈdonja/
IPA (key ) : ( Latin America, Philippines ) /maseˈdonja/
Rhymes: -onja
Syllabification: Ma‧ce‧do‧nia
Proper noun
Macedonia f
Macedonia
Derived terms