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Macedonia or Macedon may refer to:

Places

Europe (Balkans)

Present

Macedonia (region), a region of the Balkan peninsula which includes:
- Republic of Macedonia, a current state, member of the United Nations since 8 April 1993 under the provisional reference "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (FYROM)^[1]
  - "Vardar Macedonia"^[2], a geographical region that mostly overlaps with the Republic of Macedonia
- Macedonia (Greece) or Greek Macedonia, (also referred to as "Aegean Macedonia,"^[2], a region of Greece subdivided into three administrative districts:
  - West Macedonia
  - Central Macedonia
  - East Macedonia and Thrace (Western part only)
- Blagoevgrad Province, also known as "Pirin Macedonia",^[2] a region of Bulgaria

Former political entities

Socialist Republic of Macedonia (1946–1991), a federal unit of Yugoslavia and predecessor to the Republic of Macedonia

Antiquity

Macedon or Macedonia, the ancient kingdom ruled by the Argead dynasty
Macedon (satrapy), a province of the Achaemenid Empire
Macedonia (Roman province), a province of the Roman Empire
Diocese of Macedonia, a late Roman diocese, part of the Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum
Macedonia (theme), a province of the Byzantine Empire
Upper Macedonia, the regions incorporated in the kingdom of Macedon in the early 4th century BC

United States

Other

Macedon, Victoria, Australia
Macedônia, São Paulo, Brazil
Macedonia, Timiş, Romania
Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia, a.k.a. Upper Macedon

Miscellaneous (alphabetically ordered)

Bulgarian background:
- Makedoniya (newspaper), published in Bulgaria

ethnic Macedonian background:
- Denes nad Makedonija (Today Over Macedonia), national anthem of the Republic of Macedonia
- FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov, football club from Skopje
- Macedonia Square, the main city square of Skopje
- Nova Makedonija (New Macedonia), newspaper published in the Republic of Macedonia

Greek background:
- Macedonia Airport, Thessaloniki
- Macedonia TV, Greek television network
- Makedonia (dance), a Greek dance
- Makedonia (newspaper), published in Thessaloniki

Cuisine:
- Macedonia (food), a fruit salad or vegetable dish

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Macedonia.
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References

^ Jochen Abr. Frowein, Rüdiger Wolfrum, Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law 1997, p. 239. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1998.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Macedonia (region, Europe)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2008-10-04.

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 ** '''{{flagicon|Macedonia}} [[Republic of Macedonia]]''', a current state, member of the United Nations since 8 April 1993 under the provisional reference "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (FYROM)<ref>Jochen Abr. Frowein, Rüdiger Wolfrum, Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law 1997, p. 239. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1998.</ref>
 *** "[[Vardar Macedonia]]"<ref name="Britannica">{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/354250/Macedonia|title=Macedonia (region, Europe)|work=Encyclopædia Britannica|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online|accessdate=2008-10-04}}</ref>, a geographical region that mostly overlaps with the Republic of Macedonia
-** '''{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Macedonia (Greece)]]''' or Greek Macedonia, (also referred to as "[[Aegean Macedonia]],"<ref name=Britannica/> a term currently mainly used in the Republic of Macedonia), a region of Greece subdivided into three administrative districts:
+** '''{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Macedonia (Greece)]]''' or Greek Macedonia, (also referred to as "[[Aegean Macedonia]],"<ref name=Britannica/>, a region of Greece subdivided into three administrative districts:
 *** [[West Macedonia]]
 *** [[Central Macedonia]]