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”). Doublet of macedoine.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/
• (US) enPR: măs'ədōʹnēə IPA^(key): /ˌmæs.əˈdoʊ.ni.ə/, /ˌmæs.əˈdoʊn.jə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊniə
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ce‧do‧ni‧a, Ma‧ce‧don‧ia

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. North Macedonia, a country in Southeastern Europe, or one of its predecessor incarnations, such as the Socialist Republic of Macedonia in Yugoslavia.
   • 2002, Jozo Tomasevich, War and Revolution in Yugoslavia: 1941 - 1945, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 166:

     But all this took time and delayed the start of the Communist-led uprising in Macedonia until October 11, 1941, that is, almost three months after it began in other parts of Yugoslavia. The CPY only had a few members in Macedonia at the time […]

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

(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
• Monkeydonia (derogatory)

(region of Greece):

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

(region of Bulgaria):

• Pirin Macedonia
• Bulgarian Macedonia

(region across many countries):

• Greater Macedonia
• Vardaska

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

• Afrikaans: Masedonië
• Arabic: مَقْدُونِيَا f (maqdūniyā)

  Hijazi Arabic: مَقْدونيَا f (magdōnya, maqdōnya)

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

  Mandarin: 馬其頓 / 马其顿 (zh) (Mǎqídùn)

• Coptic: ⲙⲁⲕⲉⲇⲟⲛⲓⲁ (makedonia)
• Czech: Makedonie (cs) f
• Danish: Makedonien (da) n
• Dutch: Macedonië (nl) n
• Egyptian: (mjgꜣdn)
• Esperanto: Makedonio (eo), Antikva Makedonio, Pramakedonio
• Estonian: Makedoonia (et)
• Finnish: Makedonia (fi)
• French: Macédoine (fr) f
• Georgian: მაკედონია (maḳedonia)
• German: Makedonien (de) n
• Greek: Μακεδονία (el) f (Makedonía)

  Ancient: Μακεδονία f (Makedonía)

• Hebrew: מוקדון f (mokedon), מָקֶדוֹנְיָה (he) f (makedonya)
• Hindi: मैसिडोनिया m (maisiḍoniyā), मैसेडोनिया (hi) m (maiseḍoniyā), मकदूनिया (hi) m (makdūniyā)
• 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 (ko) (Makedonia), 마께도니아 (ko) (Makkedonia) (North Korea)
• Lao: ມາເກໂດເນຍ (mā kē dō nīa)
• Latin: Macedonia (la)
• Macedonian: Македонија (mk) f (Makedonija)
• Malay: Makadunia
• Maori: Makerōnia
• Norman: Macédoine f (Jersey)
• Northern Thai: ᨾᩣᨪᩥᨯᩰᨶᩮ᩠ᨿ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Makedonia (no) n

  Nynorsk: Makedonia (nn) n

• 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

• Shan: မႃႇၵေႇတေႃးၼိ (màa kèe táu nǐ)
• Slovene: Makedónija (sl) f
• Spanish: Reino de Macedonia m
• Swedish: Makedonien (sv) n
• Tagalog: Masedonya
• Thai: มาซิโดเนีย (th) (maa-sí-doo-niia)
• Tigrinya: መቆዶንያ (mäḳodonya)
• Turkish: Makedonya (tr)
• Vietnamese: Ma-xê-đô-ni-a
• Võro: Makõdoonia

Republic of North Macedonia — see also Republic of North Macedonia

• Acehnese: Makèdonia
• Afrikaans: Masedonië
• Albanian: Maqedoni f (indefinite), Maqedonia (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: መቄዶንያ (mäḳedonya), መቄዶኒያ (mäḳedoniya)
• Arabic: مَقْدُونِيَا f (maqdūniyā), مَكْدُونِيَا f (makdūniyā)

  Hijazi Arabic: مَقْدونيَا f (magdōnya, maqdōnya)

• Armenian: Մակեդոնիա (Makedonia)
• Aromanian: Republica Machedonia
• Azerbaijani: Makedoniya (az)
• Bashkir: Македония (Makedoniya)
• Belarusian: Македо́нія f (Makjedónija), Рэспу́бліка Македо́нія f (Respúblika Makjedónija)
• Bengali: ম্যাসেডোনিয়া (bn) (mêśeḍōniẏa), মেসিডোনিয়া (meśiḍōniẏa)
• 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 / 马其顿 (zh) (Mǎqídùn)

• Cornish: Makedoni f
• Czech: Makedonie (cs) f
• Danish: Makedonien (da) n
• Dhivehi: މެސެޑޯނިއާ (meseḍōniā)
• Dutch: Macedonië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Makedonio (eo), Respubliko de Makedonio
• Estonian: Makedoonia (et), Makedoonia Vabariik
• Faroese: Makedónia n
• Finnish: Makedonia (fi)
• French: Macédoine (fr) f
• Gagauz: Македония (Makedoniya), Makedoniya
• Galician: Macedonia (gl) f
• Georgian: მაკედონია (maḳedonia), მაკედონიის რესპუბლიკა (maḳedoniis resṗubliḳa)
• German: Mazedonien (de) n
• Greek: Μακεδονία (el) f (Makedonía) (rare, literal), Σκόπια (el) f (Skópia), 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 m (maisiḍoniyā), मैसेडोनिया (hi) m (maiseḍoniyā), मकदूनिया (hi) m (makdūniyā)
• 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 (Makedoniä)
• Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនី (maaseedounii)
• Korean: 마케도니아 (ko) (Makedonia), 마케도니아 공화국 (makedonia gonghwaguk), 마께도니아 (ko) (Makkedonia) (North Korea), 마께도니아 공화국 (makkedonia gonghwaguk) (North Korea)
• 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 f, ir-Repubblika tal-Maċedonja
• Maori: Makeronia
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Македон (mn) (Makedon)

• Navajo: Masedóonya
• Norman: Macédoine f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Makedonia (no) n

  Nynorsk: Makedonia (nn) n

• Pashto: مقدونيه f (maqdunya)
• Persian: مقدونیه (fa) (maqduniye), مکادونیه (makâduniye)
• Polish: Macedonia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Macedónia (pt) f (Portugal), Macedônia (pt) f (Brazil)
• Rarotongan: Maketōnia
• 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 (mæsaḍōniyāwa)
• Slovak: Macedónsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Makedónija (sl) f
• Spanish: Macedonia (es) f, República de Macedonia (es) f
• Swedish: (Forna Jugoslaviska Republiken) Makedonien (sv) n
• 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 m (meseḍoniyā), مقدونیہ m (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

• Afrikaans: Masedonië
• Arabic: مَقْدُونِيَا f (maqdūniyā)
• Armenian: Մակեդոնիա (Makedonia)
• Bulgarian: Гръ́цка Македо́ния f (Grǎ́cka Makedónija), Ю́жна Македо́ния f (Júžna Makedónija)
• Catalan: Macedònia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬其頓 / 马其顿 (zh) (Mǎqídùn)

• Czech: Makedonie (cs) f
• Danish: Makedonien (da) n, Græsk Makedonien n
• Dutch: Macedonië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Makedonio (eo), Greka Makedonio
• Estonian: Makedoonia (et)
• Finnish: Makedonia (fi)
• French: Macédoine (fr) f
• Georgian: მაკედონია (maḳedonia)
• German: Makedonien (de) n
• Greek: Μακεδονία (el) f (Makedonía)
• Hebrew: מָקֶדוֹנְיָה (he) f (makedonya)
• Hindi: मैसिडोनिया m (maisiḍoniyā), मैसेडोनिया (hi) m (maiseḍoniyā), मकदूनिया (hi) m (makdūniyā)
• Hungarian: Makedónia (hu)
• Irish: Macadóin na Gréige f
• Italian: Macedonia (it) f
• Japanese: マケドニア (ja) (Makedonia)
• Korean: 마케도니아 (ko) (Makedonia), 마께도니아 (ko) (Makkedonia) (North Korea)
• Macedonian: Егејска Македонија f (Egejska Makedonija), Беломо́рска Македонија f (Belomórska Makedonija), Приморска Македонија f (Primorska Makedonija)
• Norman: Macédoine f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Makedonia (no) n

  Nynorsk: Makedonia (nn) n

• 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) n
• Tagalog: Masedonya
• Turkish: Makedonya (tr)
• Võro: Makõdoonia

modern geographical region

• Afrikaans: Masedonië
• Bulgarian: Македо́ния (bg) f (Makedónija)
• Catalan: Macedònia (ca) f
• Esperanto: Makedonio (eo)
• Finnish: Makedonia (fi)
• Georgian: მაკედონია (maḳedonia)
• 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
• Tagalog: Masedonya
• Turkish: Makedonya (tr)

region of Bulgaria

• Bulgarian: Пиринска Македония f (Pirinska Makedonija), Македония (bg) f (Makedonija)
• Catalan: Macedònia (ca) f
• Esperanto: Makedonio (eo)
• Finnish: Makedonia (fi)
• Georgian: მაკედონია (maḳedonia)
• 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

• Tagalog: Masedonya
• Turkish: Makedonya (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. 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) countries of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Countries of the world
• Skopje
• North Macedonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Macedonia (Greece) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• daemoniac, dæmoniac

Asturian

Proper noun

Macedonia

1. Macedonia

Derived terms

• macedoniu

Galician

Alternative forms

• Macedónia (reintegrationist)

Proper noun

Macedonia f

1. North Macedonia (modern republic)

Related terms

• Antiga República Iugoslava da Macedonia

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.t͡ʃeˈdɔ.nja/
• Rhymes: -ɔnja
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ce‧dò‧nia

Proper noun

Macedonia f

1. Macedonia (all senses)

Related terms

• macedone
• macedonico
• Megiddo

Anagrams

• demoniaca, emaciando

Latin

Macedonia (in red) on a map of the provinces of the Roman Empire circa AD 120.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.keˈdo.ni.a/, [mäkɛˈd̪ɔniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.t͡ʃeˈdo.ni.a/, [mät͡ʃeˈd̪ɔːniä]
• Note: the /e/ and later /o/ of this root can be found metrically lengthened in order to fit a hexameter.

Proper noun

Macedonia f sg (genitive Macedoniae); first declension

1. Macedonia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Macedonia
genitive	Macedoniae
dative	Macedoniae
accusative	Macedoniam
ablative	Macedoniā
vocative	Macedonia
locative	Macedoniae

Related terms

• macedonicus
• macedonus

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

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Macedonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.t͡sɛˈdɔɲ.ja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔɲja
• Syllabification: Ma‧ce‧don‧ia

Proper noun

Macedonia f (related adjective macedoński)

1. Macedonia (a region in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia and Serbia)
2. Macedonia (an ancient kingdom in the Balkans in Southeast Europe)
3. Macedonia (an administrative region of Greece)
4. Macedonia (former name of North Macedonia, a country in the Balkans in Southeast Europe)

Declension

Declension of Macedonia

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

Derived terms

nouns

• Macedonka
• Macedończyk

 

Further reading

• Macedonia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Macedonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Macedonia f

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Macedónia.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma.t͡ʃe.doˈni.a]

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Macedonia f

1. Macedonia

Declension

gender f	uncountable
Nom/Acc	Macedonia
Gen/Dat	Macedoniei

Related terms

• macedonean
• macedoromân

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /maθeˈdonja/ [ma.θeˈð̞o.nja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /maseˈdonja/ [ma.seˈð̞o.nja]
• Rhymes: -onja
• Syllabification: Ma‧ce‧do‧nia

Proper noun

Macedonia f

1. Macedonia

Derived terms

• Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia
• Macedonia del Norte