Macedonia

Macedonia, originally from the name of a kingdom in ancient history, is a region in southeastern Europe and also a modern country existing in the region (in unofficial common use of the name)

Specifically Macedonia may refer to:

• Macedonia (region), a wider geographic region comprising all the below and minor parts in southern Serbia and eastern Albania
  • Republic of Macedonia, a modern country, formerly part of Yugoslavia
  • Macedonia (Greece), a part of northern Greece
  • for the province of Bulgaria known in some contexts as "Pirin Macedonia", see Blagoevgrad Province

The adjective Macedonian may refer non-exclusively to people or things associated with any of the above, specifically:

Ethinicities

• Macedonians (ethnic group), a modern Slavic-speaking ethnic group
• see also Greeks; a portion of Greeks regionally self-identify as simply as "Macedonians" and belonging to the Greek ethnicity.
• see also [[Bulgarians]:; a portion of Greeks regionally self-identify as simply as "Macedonians" and belonging to the Bulgarian ethnicity.

History

• Macedonia (ancient kingdom) or Macedon, a kingdom in Greek antiquity (800s BC - 146 BC)
  • Ancient Macedonians, the people of the ancient kingdom
• Macedonia (Roman province), a province of the Roman Empire
• Diocese of Macedonia, a late Roman administrative unit
• Macedonians (religious group), a 4th century Byzantine Greek Christian sect
• Macedonia (theme), a province of the Byzantine Empire
• Macedonian dynasty, a line of rulers of the Byzantine Empire (867 - 1056 AD)
• Socialist Republic of Macedonia, the predecessor of the Republic of Macedonia, within Yugoslavia (1944-1991)

Linguistics

Modern Use

Macedonian, as a proper noun in linguistics, refers to

• Macedonian language, a modern Slavic language spoken in the Republic of Macedonia
• The adjective Macedonian may be used to refer to any local dialect spoken in the wider region as in that of the Slavic-speakers of Greek Macedonia

Ancient

• Ancient Macedonian language, an extinct language (4th century BC), related to ancient Greek
• for the language spoken in ancient Macedonia after 5th century BC see Koine Greek

Etymology

• Macedonia (word), the common word for Macedonia anglicized from the Roman language
  • Makedonia (disambiguation), the word for Macedonia anglicized from the original Greek word
  • Makedonija (disambiguation), or Makedoniya the word for Macedonia anglicized from the Bulgarian or the Macedonian languages

Geography

• Macedonia, Alabama, in the US
• Macedonia, Georgia, in the US
• Macedonia, Illinois, in the US
• Macedonia, Indiana, in the US
• Macedonia, Iowa, in the US
• Macedonia, Ohio, A Town in Ohio, US
• Macedônia, São Paulo, Brazil
• Macedonia, Romania

Miscellaneous

• Macedonia (food), a fruit salad or vegetable dish
• Macedonia TV, Greek television network
• HMS Macedonian, a British frigate (1808–1812)
• Macedonia Airport, in Thessaloniki, Greece

See also

• Macedonia (terminology), for an analysis of the terms and the different uses of the term

• Macedon (disambiguation)
• Macedonia naming dispute
• Lists of Macedonians