Macedonia

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English

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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]
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊniə
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ce‧do‧ni‧a, Ma‧ce‧don‧ia

Proper noun

Macedonia

  1. An ancient Greek kingdom, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.
    Synonym: Macedon
  2. 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.
  3. 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 []
  4. 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.
  5. 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

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References

Anagrams

Asturian

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Proper noun

Macedonia

  1. Macedonia

Derived terms

Galician

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Alternative forms

Proper noun

Macedonia f

  1. North Macedonia (modern republic)

Ido

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Macedonia

  1. Macedonia

See also

Italian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.t͡ʃeˈdɔ.nja/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnja
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ce‧dò‧nia

Proper noun

Macedonia f

  1. Macedonia (all senses)

Anagrams

Latin

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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

  1. 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

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Macedonia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.t͡sɛˈdɔɲ.ja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɲja
  • Syllabification: Ma‧ce‧don‧ia

Proper noun

Macedonia f (related adjective macedoński)

  1. Macedonia (a region in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia and Serbia)
  2. Macedonia (an ancient kingdom in the Balkans in Southeast Europe)
  3. Macedonia (an administrative region of Greece)
  4. Macedonia (former name of North Macedonia, a country in the Balkans in Southeast Europe)

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • Macedonia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Macedonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Macedonia f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Macedónia.

Romanian

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Macedonia f

  1. Macedonia

Declension

gender f uncountable
Nom/Acc Macedonia
Gen/Dat Macedoniei

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /maθeˈdonja/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /maseˈdonja/
  • Rhymes: -onja
  • Syllabification: Ma‧ce‧do‧nia

Proper noun

Macedonia f

  1. Macedonia

Derived terms