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Macedonia

Macedonia

English

Proper noun

Macedonia

  1. An ancient Greek kingdom, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising of the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings. (Also called Macedon.)
  2. The Republic of Macedonia, a country in Europe which is sometimes referred to elliptically (by the UN and others, pending the outcome of a dispute between Macedonia and Greece) as ‘the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’.
  3. 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.
  4. A modern geographical region which includes the republic of Macedonia, the Greek region of Macedonia, and a bit of Bulgaria.
  5. The part of that region which is in south-western Bulgaria. (Also called Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia.)

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Galician

Proper noun

Macedonia f

  1. Macedonia (modern republic)

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /matʃeˈdɔnja/

Proper noun

Macedonia f

  1. Macedonia (all senses)

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /maː.keˈdo.ni.a/, [maː.kɛˈdɔ.ni.a]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ma.t͡ʃeˈdo.ni.a/, [ma.t͡ʃeˈdoː.ni.a]

Proper noun

Mācedonia f (genitive Mācedoniae); first declension

  1. Macedonia

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
nominative Mācedonia
genitive Mācedoniae
dative Mācedoniae
accusative Mācedoniam
ablative Mācedoniā
vocative Mācedonia

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Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.t͡sɛˈdɔ.ɲa/

Proper noun

Macedonia f

  1. Macedonia

Declension

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Macedonia f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Macedónia

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ma.t͡ʃe.doˈni.a]

Proper noun

Macedonia f

  1. Macedonia

Declension

gender f uncountable
Nom/Acc Macedonia
Gen/Dat Macedoniei

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Spanish

Proper noun

Macedonia f

  1. Macedonia

macedonia

macedonia

Italian

Noun

macedonia f (plural macedonie)

  1. fruit salad (often tinned)
  2. (figuratively) a mixture of heterogeneous elements; a mishmash
  3. medley

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Spanish

Adjective

macedonia f

  1. feminine singular of macedonio

Noun

macedonia f (plural macedonias)

  1. fruit salad
  2. feminine equivalent of macedonio