Macedonia

American  

[mas-i-doh-nee-uh, -dohn-yuh] / ˌmæs ɪˈdoʊ ni ə, -ˈdoʊn jə /

noun

1. Also Macedon an ancient kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, in S Europe: now a region in N Greece, SW Bulgaria, and the Republic of Macedonia.

2. a republic in S Europe: formerly (1945–92) a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. 9,928 sq. mi. (25,713 sq. km). Skopje.

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Macedonia British  

/ ˌmæsɪˈdəʊnɪə /

noun

1. Official name: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.   FYROM.  Serbian name: Makedonija.  a country in SE Europe, comprising the NW half of ancient Macedon: it became part of the kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (subsequently Yugoslavia) in 1913; it declared independence in 1992, but Greece objected to the use of the historical name Macedonia; in 1993 it was recognized by the UN under its current official name. Official language: Macedonian. Religion: Christian majority, Muslim, nonreligious, and Jewish minorities. Currency: denar. Capital: Skopje. Pop: 2 087 171 (2013 est). Area: 25 713 sq km (10 028 sq miles)

2. Modern Greek name: Makedhonia.  an area of N Greece, comprising the regions of Macedonia Central, Macedonia West, and part of Macedonia East and Thrace

3. a district of SW Bulgaria, now occupied by Blagoevgrad province. Area: 6465 sq km (2496 sq miles)

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Macedonia Cultural  

1. Republic in southeastern Europe on the west Balkan Peninsula, bordered by Yugoslavia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south, and Albania to the west. Its capital and largest city is Skopje.

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The country has been marked by conflict between minority ethnic Albanians and majority Slavs.

Macedonia is part of a mountainous region of the Balkan Peninsula, also called Macedonia, that was once ruled by the Ottoman Empire and divided in 1912 among Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia (later Yugoslavia).

Greece has objected to the republic's adoption of the name Macedonia, which is also the name of a Greek province and which to the Greeks has been historically associated with Alexander the Great and ancient Greece.

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"Under no circumstances, however, can this concern serve as a vehicle for promoting views that call for the adoption of lethal and illegal methods against bears, as we recently saw in Western Macedonia," he said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

The population of brown bears in Greece's mountainous Western Macedonia region has grown steadily in past decades due to hunting bans and other conservation efforts.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Greenhalgh, from Croydon, was the owner and controlling director of the 'Airservices' group of companies that operated internationally, including in the UK, Greece, Macedonia, Hong Kong and South Sudan.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

This failure follows previous World Cup qualification losses to Sweden in 2018 and North Macedonia in 2022, despite other Italian athletes’ recent success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Mark Antony’s trusted general advised him to march north and challenge Octavian to a major confrontation in Macedonia.

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