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• Macon
  Macon

  noun

  Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
• Mâcon
  Mâcon

  noun

  a city in and the capital of Saône-et-Loire, in E central France.

Macon

¹ American  

[mey-kuhn] / ˈmeɪ kən /

noun

1. Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.

2. a city in central Georgia.

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Mâcon ² American  

[mah-kawn] / mɑˈkɔ̃ /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Saône-et-Loire, in E central France.

2. a Burgundy wine, usually white and dry, from the area around Mâcon.

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Mâcon ¹ British  

/ mɑkɔ̃ /

noun

1. a city in E central France, in the Saône valley: a centre of the wine-producing region of lower Burgundy. Pop: 34 469 (1999)

2. a red or white wine from the Mâcon area, heavier than the other burgundies

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Macon ² British  

/ ˈmeɪkən /

noun

1. a city in the US, in central Georgia, on the Ocmulgee River. Pop: 95 267 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

In 1983, he married Toler Macon Tucker, a woman with a similarly deep investment in Christianity, whom he had met in law school.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025

Erick Erickson, a talk radio host based in Macon, Ga., landed in the emergency room with severe clots in his lungs nine years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2025

Bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry grew up together in Macon, Ga., where they played Southern boogie rock, and moved to Athens to attend college at the University of Georgia.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

But I quickly fell in love with the reporters, uh, the editors, the Macon Telegraph editor said the most important thing you can do is to get it right.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2024

Macon stood so quickly, his chair scraped the floor.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn