# Macedonia
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/
* (US) enPR: măs'ədōʹnēə IPA: /ˌmæs.əˈdoʊ.ni.ə/, /ˌmæs.əˈdoʊn.jə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊniə
* Hyphenation: Ma‧ce‧do‧ni‧a, Ma‧ce‧don‧ia

### Proper noun

Macedonia
* An ancient Greek kingdom, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.
    Synonym: Macedon
* 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.
* 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 […]
* 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.
* 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):
* former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
* Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
* FYROM
* Macedonia-Skopje
* Monkeydonia (derogatory)
* New Macedonia
* Northern Macedonia
* North Macedonia
* Republic of Macedonia
* Republic of Northern Macedonia
* Republic of North Macedonia
* Socialist Republic of Macedonia
* Vardar Macedonia
* Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
(region of Greece):
* Aegean Macedonia
* Greek Macedonia
* Southern Macedonia
* South Macedonia
(region of Bulgaria):
* Bulgarian Macedonia
* Pirin Macedonia
(region across many countries):
* Greater Macedonia
* Vardaska

#### Derived terms

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

#### Translations

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 :
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### See also

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic, Czechia
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Kosovo
* 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

### References

* ↑ “Macedonia”, in Collins English Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* daemoniac, dæmoniac

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maθeˈdonja/ [ma.θeˈð̞o.nja]
* Rhymes: -onja
* Syllabification: Ma‧ce‧do‧nia

### Proper noun

Macedonia
* Macedonia

#### Derived terms

* macedoniu

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* Macedónia (reintegrationist)

### Proper noun

Macedonia f
* North Macedonia (modern republic)

#### Related terms

* Antiga República Iugoslava da Macedonia

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mat͡seˈdoni̯a/

### Proper noun

Macedonia
* Macedonia

### See also

* Albania
* Andora
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belgia
* Bielorusia
* Bosnia e Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Chekia
* Chipro
* Dania
* Estonia
* Finlando
* Francia
* Germania
* Grekia
* Gruzia
* Hispania
* Hungaria
* Irlando
* Islando
* Italia
* Kazakstan
* Kosovo
* Kroatia
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lituania
* Luxemburgia
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monako
* Montenegro
* Nederlando
* Norvegia
* Polonia
* Portugal
* Rumania
* Rusia
* San-Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Suedia
* Suisia
* Turkia
* Ukraina
* Unionita Rejio
* Vatikano

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.t͡ʃeˈdɔ.nja/
* Rhymes: -ɔnja
* Hyphenation: Ma‧ce‧dò‧nia

### Proper noun

Macedonia f
* Macedonia (all senses)

#### Related terms

* macedone
* macedonico
* Megiddo

### Anagrams

* demoniaca, emaciando

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ma.keˈdo.ni.a/, [mäkɛˈd̪ɔniä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /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
* Macedonia

#### Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

#### 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: /ma.t͡sɛˈdɔɲ.ja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔɲja
* Syllabification: Ma‧ce‧don‧ia

### Proper noun

Macedonia f (related adjective macedoński)
* Macedonia (a region in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia and Serbia)
* Macedonia (an ancient kingdom in the Balkans in Southeast Europe)
* Macedonia (an administrative region of Greece)
* Macedonia (former name of North Macedonia, a country in the Balkans in Southeast Europe)

#### Derived terms

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

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ma.t͡ʃe.doˈni.a]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Macedonia f
* Macedonia

#### Related terms

* macedonean
* macedoromân

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Macedonia f
* Macedonia

#### Derived terms

* Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia
* Macedonia del Norte

## Welsh
### Proper noun

Macedonia f
* Macedonia (a region in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia and Serbia)
* Macedonia (an ancient kingdom in the Balkans in Southeast Europe)
* Macedonia (an administrative region of Greece)
* North Macedonia, a country in Southeastern Europe, or one of its predecessor incarnations, such as the Socialist Republic of Macedonia in Yugoslavia
    Synonym: Gogledd Macedonia

#### Derived terms

* Gogledd Macedonia (“North Macedonia”)
* pinwydd Macedonia (“Macedonian pines”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.