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/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Macedonia

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

   Synonym: Macedon

4. 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.
6. The Republic of North Macedonia, a country in Southeastern Europe.
8. 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.
9. The part of that region which is in south-western Bulgaria. (Also called Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia.)

Synonyms

(ancient kingdom conquered by Rome):

• Macedon

(Republic of North Macedonia, sovereign country, nation-state in Europe):

• Macedonia-Skopje
• North Macedonia
• Northern Macedonia
• Republic of Macedonia
• Republic of North Macedonia
• Republic of Northern Macedonia
• Socialist Republic of Macedonia
• Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• FYROM
• New Macedonia
• Vardar Macedonia

(region of Greece):

• Aegean Macedonia
• Greek Macedonia
• South Macedonia
• Southern Macedonia

(region of Bulgaria):

• Pirin Macedonia
• Bulgarian Macedonia

(region across many countries):

• Greater Macedonia

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Macedonian
• Greater Macedonia
• West Macedonia
• Central Macedonia
• East Macedonia and Thrace
• East Macedonia
• Southern Macedonia
• South Macedonia
• Greek Macedonia
• Aegean Macedonia
• North Macedonia
• Northern Macedonia
• Macedonia-Skopje
• New Macedonia
• Vardar Macedonia
• Republic of Macedonia
• Republic of North Macedonia
• Republic of Northern Macedonia
• Socialist Republic of Macedonia
• Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• FYROM
• Bulgarian Macedonia
• Pirin Macedonia

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)

  Ancient Greek: Μακεδονία 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 (ja) (Makedonia), マケドニア王国 (Makedonia ōkoku)
• Korean: 마케도니아 (Makedonia)
• Latin: Macedonia (la)
• Macedonian: Македонија (mk) f (Makedonija)
• Maori: Makerōnia
• Norman: Macédoine f (Jersey)
• 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: Макѐдо̄нија f

  Roman: Makèdōnija (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

Republic of North Macedonia — See also translations at Republic of North 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
• Azerbaijani: Makedoniya (az)
• Bashkir: Македония (Makedoniya)
• Belarusian: Македо́нія f (Makjedónija), Рэспу́бліка Македо́нія f (Respúblika Makjedónija)
• Bengali: ম্যাসেডোনিয়া (mjaseḍoniya), মেসিডোনিয়া (mesiḍoniya)
• 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)
• Dhivehi: މެސެޑޯނިއާ‎ (meseḍōniā)
• 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)
• Hausa: Masedoniya
• Hebrew: מָקֶדוֹנְיָה‎ (he) f (makedonya)
• Hindi: मैसिडोनिया (maisiḍoniyā)
• 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 (Makedonïya)
• Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនី (maaseedounii)
• 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)
• Malay: Makedonia
• Maltese: il-Maċedonja, ir-Repubblika tal-Maċedonja
• Maori: Makeronia
• Mongolian: Македон (mn) (Makedon)
• Navajo: Masedóonya
• Norman: Macédoine f (Jersey)
• Norwegian: Makedonia (no)
• Pashto: مقدونيه‎ f (maqdunyá)
• 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 (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 (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)
• 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 (meseḍoniyā), مقدونیہ‎ (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

• 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)
• Irish: Macadóin na Gréige f
• Italian: Macedonia (it) f

• Japanese: マケドニア (ja) (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: Макѐдо̄нија f

  Roman: Makèdōnija (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 f (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 Макѐдо̄нија f

  Roman: Pirinska Makèdōnija 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
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} Macedonia (io)

• 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, North 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
• Countries of the world
• Appendix:Place names in the Republic of North Macedonia
• Skopje
• Republic of North Macedonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Macedonia (Greece) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• daemoniac, dæmoniac

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Galician

Proper noun

Macedonia f

1. North Macedonia (modern republic)

Related terms

• Antiga República Iugoslava da Macedonia

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat͡seˈdoni̯a/

Proper noun

Macedonia

1. 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

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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 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

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.t͡sɛˈdɔɲ.ja/

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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

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /maθeˈdonja/, [maθeˈðonja]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /maseˈdonja/, [maseˈðonja]

Proper noun

Macedonia f

1. Macedonia