Macedonia

Macedonia or Macedon (as an adjective: Macedonian) may refer to:

Balkans

Ancient period

• Macedon or Macedonia, a monarchist kingdom of antiquity
  • Ancient Macedonians, the people of the ancient kingdom of Macedon
  • The Ancient Macedonian language, an extinct Indo-European variety
• Macedon (satrapy), a province of the Achaemenid Empire

Roman period

• 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
  • The Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire

Modern period

• Macedonia (region), a region of the Balkan peninsula spanning several states, most notably:
  • Republic of Macedonia, an independent state, formerly part of the former Yugoslavia
    • Socialist Republic of Macedonia, its predecessor within Yugoslavia
    • Macedonians (ethnic group), the modern Slavic ethnic group
    • The Macedonian language, a modern Slavic language
  • Macedonia (Greece), a region in northern Greece
    • Greek Macedonians, a regional Greek identity

Other places

• Macedon (town), New York
  • Macedon (village), New York
• Macedonia, Alabama
• Macedonia, Georgia
• Macedonia, Illinois
• Macedonia, Indiana
• Macedonia, Iowa
• Macedonia, Ohio
• Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia
  • Macedon, Victoria, Australia
• Macedônia, São Paulo, Brazil
• Macedonia, Timiş, Romania

Things named after Macedonia

• Macedonia (food), a fruit salad or vegetable dish
• Makedonia (dance), a Greek dance
• Newspapers and media:
  • Macedonia TV, Greek television network
  • Macedonian Radio-Television, ethnic Macedonian television network
  • Makedonia (newspaper), published in Thessaloniki
  • Makedoniya (newspaper), published in Bulgaria
  • Nova Makedonija (newspaper), published in the Republic of Macedonia
  • Makedonsko Sonce (newspaper), published in the Republic of Macedonia
• FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov, football club from Skopje
• Macedonia Airport, Thessaloniki
• HMS Macedonian, a British frigate (1808–1812)

See also

• Macedonia (terminology)
• Macedonia naming dispute