Meaning

7 senses

  1. A geographic region in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans which includes the Republic of North Macedonia, the region of Macedonia in Greece, the Pirin region of Bulgaria, and small parts of Albania and Serbia.

    Mazedonien

    Македо́нияMakedónija, Респу́блика Македо́нияRespúblika Makedónija

    Македо́ніяMakedónija, Респу́бліка Македо́ніяRespúblika Makedónija

  2. (historical)An ancient Greek kingdom in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.

    Makedonien

    Македо́нияMakedónija

  3. Former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans.

  4. A geographic region and former administrative region of Greece, comprising the regions of West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and the East Macedonia part of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace.

    Makedonien, Makedonien

    Македо́нияMakedónija

  5. A geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia.

  6. (historical)A former constituent republic of Yugoslavia.

  7. (historical)A former province of the Roman Empire.

Examples

21 sentences

  1. Skopje is the capital of Macedonia.

    Скоп’є — столиця Македонії. — deniko

    ruСкопье — столица Македонии. — Olya

    deSkopje ist die Hauptstadt von Mazedonien. — Olya

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  2. Macedonia and Bulgaria are not friends.

    Македонія та Болгарія — не друзі. — deniko

    ruМакедония и Болгария не являются друзьями. — Lenin_1917

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  3. Macedonia is chairing this year's forum.

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  4. Macedonia is working to build a country-wide natural gas pipeline and distribution network.

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  5. Serbia borders Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia, and Montenegro.

    Сербія межує з Угорщиною, Румунією, Болгарією, Хорватією, Македонією, Боснією та Чорногорією. — deniko

    ruСербия граничит с Венгрией, Румынией, Болгарией, Хорватией, Македонией, Боснией и Черногорией. — ForestAgain

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
Republic of North Macedonia — see also Republic of North Macedonia:
Русский
By meaning 1
Republic of North Macedonia — see also Republic of North Macedonia:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
Republic of North Macedonia — see also Republic of North Macedonia:
ancient kingdom:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), from μακεδονία (m

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

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Synonyms

21 synonyms
Macedonformer Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaMacedonia-SkopjeNorthern MacedoniaNorth MacedoniaRepublic of MacedoniaRepublic of Northern MacedoniaRepublic of North MacedoniaSocialist Republic of MacedoniaGreater MacedoniaVardaskaFYROMNew MacedoniaVardar Macedonia

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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