Macedonia

See also: macedonia, macedonià, macedònia, and Macedònia

English

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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

1. An ancient Greek kingdom, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising of the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings. (Also called Macedon.)
2. 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’.
3. The largest and second-most populous region of Greece, comprising the regions of West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and East Macedonia and Thrace.
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: مقدونيا f (maqdūniyā)
• Armenian: Մակեդոնիա (Makedonia)
• Bulgarian: Македония (bg) (Makedonija), Антична Македония (Antična Makedonija)
• Catalan: Macedònia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬其頓, 马其顿 (zh) (Mǎqídùn)

• Czech: Makedonie (cs) f
• Danish: Makedonien
• 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), מקדוניה (he) f (Mākedoniā)
• 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)
• Jèrriais: Macédoine f
• Macedonian: Македонија (mk) f (Makedónija)
• Norwegian: Makedonia (no)
• Polish: Macedonia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Macedónia (pt) f (Portugal), Macedônia (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: Macedonia (ro) f
• Russian: Македония (ru) f (Makedoniya)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Македонија f

  Roman: Makedonija (sh) f

• Slovene: Makedónija f
• Spanish: Reino de Macedonia m
• Swedish: Makedonien (sv)
• Turkish: Makedonya (tr)
• Võro: Makõdoonia

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

Acehnese: Makèdonia Afrikaans: Masedonië Albanian: Maqedoni Arabic: مقدونيا f (maqdūniyā), مكدونيا f (makdūniyā) Armenian: Մակեդոնիա (Makedonia) Aromanian: Republica Machedonia Azeri: Makedoniya (az) Belarusian: Македонія f (Makedónija), Рэспубліка Македонія f (Respúblika Makedónija) Bengali: ম্যাসেডোনিয়া (mæseḑoniya), মেসিডোনিয়া (mesiḑoniya), ম্যাসেডোনিয়া প্রজাতন্ত্র (mæseḑoniya prôjatôntr) Bulgarian: Македония (bg) f (Makedónija), Република Македония f (Repúblika Makedónija) Burmese: မက်စီဒိုးနီးယားနိုင်ငံ (makcidui:ni:ya:nuingngam), မက္‌စီဒုိးနီယား (meʿsidòniyà) Catalan: Macedònia (ca) f, República de Macedònia f Chinese: Mandarin: 馬其頓, 马其顿 (zh) (Mǎqídùn) Czech: Makedonie (cs) f Danish: Makedonien 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 (makedonia) 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 Giounkoslavikí Dimokratía tis Makedonías), ΠΓΔΜ (el) f (PGDM) (provisional references) Hebrew: מקדוניה (he) f (mākedoniā) Hindi: मेसेडोनिया (mēsēḍōniyā) Hungarian: Macedónia (hu) 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) Jèrriais: Macédoine f

Kazakh: Македония (Makedonïya) Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនី (maaseedoonii) Korean: 마케도니아 (Makedonia), 마케도니아 공화국 (Makedonia gonghwaguk) Kyrgyz: Македония (Makedoniya) Lao: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: Македонија (mk) f (Makedónija), Република Македонија (mk) f (Repúblika Makedónija) Maltese: il-Maċedonja, ir-Repubblika tal-Maċedonja Mongolian: Македон (mn) (Makedon) Navajo: Masedóonya 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: Македония (ru) f (Makedónija), Республика Македония f (Respúblika Makedónija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Макѐдо̄нија f, Република Македонија f Roman: Makèdōnija f, Republika Makedonija f Silesian: Macedůńijo f Sinhalese: මැසඩෝනියාව (mæsaḍōniyāva) Slovak: Macedónsko n Slovene: Makedónija f Spanish: Macedonia (es) f, República de Macedonia (es) f Swedish: (Forna Jugoslaviska Republiken) Makedonien (sv) Tajik: Мақдуния (Maqduniya) Thai: มาซิโดเนีย (th) (maasídohnia) Turkish: Makedonya (tr) Turkmen: Makedoniýa Ukrainian: Македонія (uk) f (Makedónija), Республіка Македонія f (Respúblika Makedónija) Urdu: میسیڈونیا (meseḍoniyā), مقدونیہ (maqdūniya) Uzbek: Makedoniya (uz) Vietnamese: cộng hòa Macedonia, Macedonia Võro: Makõdoonia, Makõdoonia Vabariik'

region of northern Greece

• Arabic: مقدونيا f (maqdūniyā)
• Armenian: Մակեդոնիա (Makedonia)
• Bulgarian: Гръцка Македония (Grǎcka Makedonija), Южна Македония f (Južna Makedonija)
• Catalan: Macedònia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬其頓, 马其顿 (zh) (Mǎqídùn)

• Czech: Makedonie (cs) f
• Danish: 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: מקדוניה (he) f (Mākedoniā)
• Italian: Macedonia (it) f
• Japanese: マケドニア (Makedonia)

• Jèrriais: Macédoine f
• Korean: 마케도니아 (Makedonia)
• Macedonian: Егејска Македонија f (Égejska Makedónija), Беломорска Македонија f (Belomórska Makedónija), Приморска Македонија f (Prímorska Makedónija)
• Norwegian: Makedonia (no)
• Polish: Macedonia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Macedónia (pt) f (Portugal), Macedônia (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: Macedonia (ro) f
• Russian: Македония (ru) f (Makedónija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Македонија f

  Roman: Makedonija (sh) f

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

modern geographical region

• Bulgarian: Македония (bg) f (Makedonija)
• Catalan: Macedònia (ca) f
• Esperanto: Makedonio
• Finnish: Makedonia (fi)
• German: Makedonien (de) n

• Macedonian: Македонија (mk) (Makedónija)
• 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 (Pírinska Makedónija)

• 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 Help:How to check 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

• Appendix:Place names in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• Skopje
• West Macedonia
• Central Macedonia
• East Macedonia and Thrace
• FYROM
• Republic of Macedonia
• Countries of the world
• Pirin Macedonia
• Vardar Macedonia
• Republic of Macedonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Republic of Macedonia
• Macedonia (Greece) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Macedonia (Greece)

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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

Wikipedia ^it

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma.keˈdo.ni.a/

Proper noun

Macedonia f (genitive Macedoniae); first declension

1. Macedonia

Declension

First declension with locative.

Number	Singular
nominative	Macedonia
genitive	Macedoniae
dative	Macedoniae
accusative	Macedoniam
ablative	Macedoniā
vocative	Macedonia
locative	Macedoniae

Related terms

• macedonicus
• macedonus

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat͡sɛˈdɔɲja/

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Proper noun

Macedonia f

1. Macedonia

Declension

declension of Macedonia

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

Derived terms

• Macedończyk / Macedonka
• macedoński

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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

Wikipedia ^es

Proper noun

Macedonia f

1. Macedonia