Macédoine

See also: macedoine and macédoine

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French Macedoine, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin Macedonia, from Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), which see for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.se.dwan/

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Proper noun

Macédoine f

1. Macedonia (a geographic region in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, including North Macedonia and parts of Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Serbia)
2. (historical) Macedonia (an ancient Greek kingdom in Southeast Europe)
3. Macedonia (former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans)

   Synonym: Macédoine du Nord

4. Macedonia (a geographic region and former administrative region of Greece)
5. Macedonia (a geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia)
6. (historical) Macedonia (a former constituent republic of Yugoslavia)

Derived terms

• macédoine (“kind of salad”)
• macédonien, Macédonien