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Makedonien

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Danish

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Proper noun

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Makedonien

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

German

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 Makedonien on German Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin Macedonia.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /makeˈdoːniən/, /makəˈdoːniən/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Proper noun

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    Makedonien n (proper noun, strong, genitive Makedoniens)

    1. Macedonia (a geographic region in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, including North Macedonia and parts of Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Serbia)
    2. (historical) Macedonia (an ancient Greek kingdom in Southeastern Europe)
    3. Macedonia (a geographic region and former administrative region of Greece)
    4. Macedonia (a geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia)

    Usage notes

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    • German tends to use separate terms Makedonien (the ancient kingdom or any of the modern regions) vs. Mazedonien (former name for North Macedonia, or the former Socialist Republic of Macedonia in Yugoslavia) vs. Macedonia (ancient Roman province, or any of various small towns in Romania, Brazil and elsewhere).

    Derived terms

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    • Mazedonien (“[Former Yugoslav Republic of] Macedonia”)

    Further reading

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    Swedish

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    Proper noun

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    Makedonien

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