Macedonia

See also: macedonia, macedónia, macedonià, macedònia, Macedónia, and Macedònia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), from μακεδονία (makedonía, “highland”), from μακεδνός (makednós, “high, tall”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.ni.ə/
• (US) enPR: măs'ədōʹnēə IPA^(key): /ˌmæs.əˈdoʊ.ni.ə/ also IPA^(key): /mæk.əˈdoʊ.ni.ə/

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Proper noun

Macedonia

1. An ancient Greek kingdom, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising of the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.

   Synonyms: 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. The Republic of Macedonia, a country in Europe which is sometimes referred to elliptically (by the UN and others, pending the outcome of a dispute between Macedonia and Greece) as ‘the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’.
4. A modern geographical region which includes the republic of Macedonia, the Greek region of Macedonia, and a bit of Bulgaria.
5. The part of that region which is in south-western Bulgaria. (Also called Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia.)

Derived terms

• Macedonian

Translations

ancient kingdom

• Arabic: مَقْدُونِيَا‏‎ f (maqdūniyā‏, maqdōniyā)
• Armenian: Մակեդոնիա (Makedonia)
• Bulgarian: Македо́ния (bg) f (Makedónija), Анти́чна Македо́ния f (Antíčna Makedónija)
• Catalan: Macedònia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬其頓 (zh), 马其顿 (zh) (Mǎqídùn)

• Czech: Makedonie (cs) f
• Danish: Makedonien (da)
• Dutch: Macedonië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Makedonio, Antikva Makedonio, Pramakedonio
• Estonian: Makedoonia (et)
• Finnish: Makedonia (fi)
• French: Macédoine (fr) f
• German: Makedonien (de) n
• Greek: Μακεδονία (el) f (Makedonía)
• Hebrew: מוקדון‏‎ m (mokedon), מָקֶדוֹנְיָה‏‎ (he) f (makedonya)
• Hungarian: Makedónia (hu)
• Irish: An Mhacadóin f
• Italian: Macedonia (it) f

• Japanese: マケドニア (Makedonia), マケドニア王国 (Makedonia ōkoku)
• Korean: 마케도니아 (Makedonia)
• Macedonian: Македонија (mk) f (Makedonija)
• Norman: Macédoine f
• Norwegian: Makedonia (no)
• 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: Македонија f

  Roman: Makedonija (sh) f

• Slovene: Makedónija (sl) f
• Spanish: Reino de Macedonia m
• Swedish: Makedonien (sv)
• Turkish: Makedonya (tr)
• Vietnamese: Ma-xê-đô-ni-a
• Võro: Makõdoonia

former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia — See also translations at former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

• Acehnese: Makèdonia
• Afrikaans: Masedonië
• Albanian: Maqedoni, Maqedonia (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: መቄዶንያ (mäḳedonya), መቄዶኒያ (mäḳedoniya)
• Arabic: مَقْدُونِيَا‏‎ f (maqdūniyā‏, maqdōniyā), مَكْدُونِيَا‏‎ f (makdūniyā‏, makdōniyā)
• Armenian: Մակեդոնիա (Makedonia)
• Aromanian: Republica Machedonia
• Azeri: Makedoniya (az)
• Bashkir: Македония (Makedoniya)
• Belarusian: Македо́нія f (Makjedónija), Рэспу́бліка Македо́нія f (Respúblika Makjedónija)
• Bengali: ম্যাসেডোনিয়া (mjaseḑoniya), মেসিডোনিয়া (mesiḑoniya)
• 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 (zh), 马其顿 (zh) (Mǎqídùn)

• Cornish: Makedoni f
• Czech: Makedonie (cs) f
• Danish: Makedonien (da)
• Dutch: Macedonië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Makedonio, Respubliko de Makedonio
• Estonian: Makedoonia (et), Makedoonia Vabariik
• Faroese: Makedónia n
• Finnish: Makedonia (fi)
• French: Macédoine (fr) f
• Galician: Macedonia (gl) f
• Georgian: მაკედონია (maḳedonia)
• German: Mazedonien (de) n
• Greek: Μακεδονία (el) f (Makedonía) (rare, literal), Σκόπια (el) f (Skópia) (offensive to inhabitants of the republic of Macedonia), πρώην Γιουγκοσλαβική Δημοκρατία της Μακεδονίας f (próin Giougkoslavikí Dimokratía tis Makedonías), ΠΓΔΜ (el) f (PGDM) (provisional references)
• Hebrew: מָקֶדוֹנְיָה‏‎ (he) f (makedonya)
• Hindi: मैसिडोनिया (maisiḍoniyā)
• Hungarian: Macedónia (hu)
• Icelandic: Makedónía (is) f
• Irish: An Mhacadóin f
• Italian: Macedonia (it) f, Repubblica di Macedonia f
• Japanese: マケドニア (Makedonia), マケドニア共和国 (Makedonia kyōwakoku)
• Kazakh: Македония (Makedonïya)

• Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនី (maaseedoonii)
• Korean: 마케도니아 (Makedonia), 마케도니아 공화국 (Makedonia gonghwaguk)
• 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)
• Maltese: il-Maċedonja, ir-Repubblika tal-Maċedonja
• Mongolian: Македон (mn) (Makedon)
• Navajo: Masedóonya
• Norman: Macédoine f
• Norwegian: Makedonia (no)
• Persian: مقدونیه‏‎ (fa) (maqduniye), مکادونیه‏‎ (makâduniye)
• Polish: Macedonia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Macedónia (pt) f (Portugal), Macedônia (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: Macedonia (ro) f, Republica Macedonia
• Russian: Македо́ния (ru) f (Makedónija), Респу́блика Македо́ния f (Respúblika Makedónija)
• Scots: Macedonie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Макѐдо̄нија f, Република Македонија f

  Roman: Makèdōnija (sh) f, Republika Makedonija f

• Silesian: Macedůńijo f
• Sinhalese: මැසඩෝනියාව (mæsaḍōniyāva)
• Slovak: Macedónsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Makedónija (sl) f
• Spanish: Macedonia (es) f, República de Macedonia (es) f
• Swedish: (Forna Jugoslaviska Republiken) Makedonien (sv)
• Tagalog: Masedonya
• Tajik: Мақдуния (Maqduniya)
• Thai: มาซิโดเนีย (th) (maa-sí-doo-niia)
• Turkish: Makedonya (tr)
• Turkmen: Makedoniýa
• Ukrainian: Македо́нія (uk) f (Makedónija), Респу́бліка Македо́нія f (Respúblika Makedónija)
• Urdu: میسیڈونیا‏‎ (meseḍoniyā), مقدونیہ‏‎ (maqdūniya)
• Uzbek: Makedoniya (uz)
• Vietnamese: cộng hòa Ma-xê-đô-ni-a, Ma-xê-đô-ni-a
• Võro: Makõdoonia, Makõdoonia Vabariik'
• Yiddish: מאַקעדאָניע‏‎ (makedonye)

region of northern Greece

• Arabic: مَقْدُونِيَا‏‎ f (maqdūniyā‏, maqdōniyā)
• Armenian: Մակեդոնիա (Makedonia)
• Bulgarian: Гръ̀цка Македо́ния f (Grǎ̀cka Makedónija), Ю́жна Македо́ния f (Júžna Makedónija)
• Catalan: Macedònia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬其頓 (zh), 马其顿 (zh) (Mǎqídùn)

• Czech: Makedonie (cs) f
• Danish: Makedonien (da), Græsk Makedonien
• Dutch: Macedonië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Makedonio, Greka Makedonio
• Estonian: Makedoonia (et)
• Finnish: Makedonia (fi)
• French: Macédoine (fr) f
• German: Makedonien (de) n
• Greek: Μακεδονία (el) f (Makedonía)
• Hebrew: מָקֶדוֹנְיָה‏‎ (he) f (makedonya)
• Italian: Macedonia (it) f

• Japanese: マケドニア (Makedonia)
• Korean: 마케도니아 (Makedonia)
• Macedonian: Егејска Македонија f (Egejska Makedonija), Беломо́рска Македонија f (Belomórska Makedonija), Приморска Македонија f (Primorska Makedonija)
• Norman: Macédoine f
• Norwegian: Makedonia (no)
• 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: Македонија f

  Roman: Makedonija (sh) f

• Slovene: Makedónija (sl) f
• Spanish: Macedonia (es) f
• Swedish: Makedonien (sv)
• Turkish: Makedonya (tr)
• Võro: Makõdoonia

modern geographical region

• Bulgarian: Македо́ния (bg) f (Makedónija)
• Catalan: Macedònia (ca) f
• Esperanto: Makedonio
• Finnish: Makedonia (fi)
• German: Makedonien (de) n
• Macedonian: Македонија (mk) f (Makedonija)

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Макєдонїꙗ f (Makedonija)

• Portuguese: Macedónia (pt) f (Portugal), Macedônia (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: Macedonia (ro) f
• Turkish: Makedonya (tr)

region of Bulgaria

• Bulgarian: Пиринска Македония (Pirinska Makedonija), Македония (bg) f (Makedonija)
• Catalan: Macedònia (ca) f
• Esperanto: Makedonio
• Finnish: Makedonia (fi)
• Macedonian: Пиринска Македонија f (Pirinska Makedonija)

• Portuguese: Macedónia búlgara f (Portugal); Macedônia búlgara f (Brazil)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Пиринска Македонија f

  Roman: Pirinska Makedonija f

• Turkish: Makedonya (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: (1, 2) ^{(please verify)} Makedonia
• Latin: (1, 2) ^{(please verify)} Macedonia

• Manx: ^{(please verify)} Yn Vasseydoan f

See also

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City ^{(Category: en:Countries of Europe)}
• Countries of the world
• Appendix:Place names in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• Skopje
• West Macedonia
• Central Macedonia
• East Macedonia and Thrace
• FYROM
• Republic of Macedonia
• Pirin Macedonia
• Vardar Macedonia
• Republic of Macedonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Macedonia (Greece) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Galician

Proper noun

Macedonia f

1. Macedonia (modern republic)

Related terms

• Antiga República Iugoslava da Macedonia

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /matʃeˈdɔnja/

Proper noun

Macedonia f

1. Macedonia (all senses)

Related terms

• macedone
• macedonico
• Megiddo

Anagrams

• demoniaca
• emaciando

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), from μακεδονία (makedonía, “highland”), from μακεδνός (makednós, “high, tall”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maː.keˈdo.ni.a/, [maː.kɛˈdɔ.ni.a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.t͡ʃeˈdo.ni.a/, [ma.t͡ʃeˈdoː.ni.a]

Proper noun

Mācedonia f (genitive Mācedoniae); first declension

1. Macedonia

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Mācedonia
genitive	Mācedoniae
dative	Mācedoniae
accusative	Mācedoniam
ablative	Mācedoniā
vocative	Mācedonia

Related terms

• mācedonicus
• mācedonus

References

• “Macedonia” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Macedonia in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.t͡sɛˈdɔ.ɲa/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Macedonia f

1. Macedonia

Declension

declension of Macedonia

	singular
nominative	Macedonia
genitive	Macedonii
dative	Macedonii
accusative	Macedonię
instrumental	Macedonią
locative	Macedonii
vocative	Macedonio

Derived terms

• Macedończyk / Macedonka
• macedoński

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Macedonia f

1. Obsolete spelling of Macedónia

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma.t͡ʃe.doˈni.a]

Proper noun

Macedonia f

1. Macedonia

Declension

gender f	uncountable
Nom/Acc	Macedonia
Gen/Dat	Macedoniei

Related terms

• macedonean
• limba macedoneană

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Spanish

Proper noun

Macedonia f

1. Macedonia