Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μᾱκεδονῐ́η ‎(Mākedoníē) (Ionic)
• Μᾱκηδονῐ́α ‎(Mākēdonía)

Proper noun

Μᾱκεδονῐ́ᾱ • ‎(Mākedoníā) f ‎(genitive Μᾱκεδονῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Macedon; Macedonia

Inflection

Derived terms

• Μᾱκεδών ‎(Mākedṓn)
• Μᾱκεδονῐ́κός ‎(Mākedoníkós)

Descendants

References

• Μακεδονία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “G3109”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
• NA27
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μακεδονία ‎(Makedonía)

Proper noun

Μακεδονία • ‎(Makedonía) f

1. Macedon, Macedonia, an ancient kingdom in the Balkans
2. Macedonia, a region of Greece
3. former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Macedonia (see Usage notes)
4. Macedonia, a broader region of the Balkan peninsula which includes the Greek region of Macedonia, the Republic of Macedonia and a bit of Bulgaria

Usage notes

The Greek government objects to the use of the "Republic of Macedonia" without a geographical qualifier such as "Northern Macedonia". (see: "Macedonia naming dispute" on Wikipedia)

Declension

Related terms

• Μακεδόνισσα f ‎(Makedónissa, “female Macedonian”)
• Μακεδόνας m ‎(Makedónas, “male Macedonian”)
• μακεδονικός ‎(makedonikós, “Macedonian”, adjective)

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μᾱκεδονῐ́η ‎(Mākedoníē) (Ionic)
• Μᾱκηδονῐ́α ‎(Mākēdonía)

Proper noun

Μᾱκεδονῐ́ᾱ • ‎(Mākedoníā) f ‎(genitive Μᾱκεδονῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Macedon; Macedonia

Inflection

Derived terms

• Μᾱκεδών ‎(Mākedṓn)
• Μᾱκεδονῐ́κός ‎(Mākedoníkós)

Descendants

References

• Μακεδονία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “G3109”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
• NA27
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μακεδονία ‎(Makedonía)

Proper noun

Μακεδονία • ‎(Makedonía) f

1. Macedon, Macedonia, an ancient kingdom in the Balkans
2. Macedonia, a region of Greece
3. former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Macedonia (see Usage notes)
4. Macedonia, a broader region of the Balkan peninsula which includes the Greek region of Macedonia, the Republic of Macedonia and a bit of Bulgaria

Usage notes

The Greek government objects to the use of the "Republic of Macedonia" without a geographical qualifier such as "Northern Macedonia". (see: "Macedonia naming dispute" on Wikipedia)

Declension

Related terms

• Μακεδόνισσα f ‎(Makedónissa, “female Macedonian”)
• Μακεδόνας m ‎(Makedónas, “male Macedonian”)
• μακεδονικός ‎(makedonikós, “Macedonian”, adjective)