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Macedonia

Translations

Macedoniaproper noun

Used almost exclusively as the name of a specific geographic / political entity; therefore treated as a proper noun.

Македония

Macedonia is a country in Southeast Europe.

Македония — это страна в Юго-Восточной Европе.

Synonyms

North Macedonia

Republic of North Macedonia

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

FYROM

Macedonia (region)

Greek Macedonia

Macedonian region

Ancient Macedonia

Kingdom of Macedon

Macedon

Definitions

Macedoniaproper noun

An ancient kingdom in the northern Greek peninsula, ruled by Philip II and his son Alexander the Great in the 4th century BCE.

Alexander the Great was born in Pella, the capital of ancient Macedonia.

A historical and geographic region of the central Balkan Peninsula, the borders of which have varied over time and now span parts of several modern states.

Ethnographers disagree about where the borders of Macedonia should be drawn.

The Republic of North Macedonia, a land-locked country in southeastern Europe that declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.

Macedonia applied for NATO membership in 1993.

The northern Greek administrative region of Macedonia.

Thessaloniki is the largest city in Greek Macedonia.

Any of several towns and unincorporated communities in the United States named Macedonia.

Macedonia, Ohio, experienced rapid suburban growth in the 1990s.