Macedonia

[ mas-i-doh-nee-uh, -dohn-yuh ]

noun

1. Also Mac·e·don [] 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.

Macedonia

/ ˌmæsɪˈdəʊnɪə /

noun

1. 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) Serbian nameMakedonija Official nameFormer Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaFYROM
2. an area of N Greece, comprising the regions of Macedonia Central, Macedonia West, and part of Macedonia East and Thrace Modern Greek nameMakedhonia
3. a district of SW Bulgaria, now occupied by Blagoevgrad province. Area: 6465 sq km (2496 sq miles)

Macedonia

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.

Notes

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.

Example Sentences

Salmond, 69, died of a heart attack while attending a conference in North Macedonia on 12 October.

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Last month, Mr Hunter was revealed as the private citizen who paid for the plane flying Alex Salmond's body home from North Macedonia.

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The deals will increase intelligence sharing and cooperation with Serbia, North Macedonia and Kosovo to intercept and arrest the gangs, with the aim of breaking their business models at source.

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Salmond died suddenly last month after having a heart attack while attending a conference in North Macedonia.

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Salmond is being laid to rest just over two weeks after he died of a heart attack, aged 69, while attending a conference in North Macedonia.

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