Macedonia

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/[1]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊniə
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ce‧do‧ni‧a, Ma‧ce‧don‧ia

Proper noun

Macedonia

  1. An ancient Greek kingdom, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.
    Synonym: Macedon
  2. 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.
  3. 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 []
  4. 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.
  5. The part of that region which is in south-western Bulgaria. (Also called Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia.)

Synonyms

(ancient kingdom conquered by Rome):

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

(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

Translations

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See also

References

Anagrams

Asturian

Proper noun

Macedonia

  1. Macedonia

Derived terms

  • macedoniu

Galician

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Macedonia f

  1. North Macedonia (modern republic)

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mat͡seˈdoni̯a/

Proper noun

Macedonia

  1. Macedonia

See also

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Macedonia f

  1. Macedonia (all senses)

Anagrams

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) 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.

Case Singular
Nominative Macedonia
Genitive Macedoniae
Dative Macedoniae
Accusative Macedoniam
Ablative Macedoniā
Vocative Macedonia
Locative Macedoniae

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/
  • (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

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Proper noun

Macedonia f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Macedónia

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ma.t͡ʃe.doˈni.a]
  • (file)

Proper noun

Macedonia f

  1. Macedonia

Declension

gender f uncountable
Nom/Acc Macedonia
Gen/Dat Macedoniei

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Macedonia f

  1. Macedonia

Derived terms

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