Μακεδονία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Μᾰκεδονῐ́η (Makedoníē) Ionic
  • Μᾰκηδονῐ́ᾱ (Makēdoníā)

Etymology

From Μᾰκεδών (Makedṓn, Macedonian) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱ • (Makedoníā) f (genitive Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Macedon, Macedonia (an ancient Greek kingdom in the north of the Greek peninsula)

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱ (Makedoníā).

Proper noun

Μακεδονία • (Makedonía) f

  1. Macedon, Macedonia (an ancient Greek kingdom in the north of the Greek peninsula, in the contemporary Balkans)
  2. Macedonia (an administrative region of Greece)
  3. Macedonia (a broader region of the Balkan peninsula, consisting of the administrative region of Macedonia in Greece, the country of North Macedonia and a bit of Bulgaria)
  4. (rare outside longer phrases) North Macedonia (a the country to the north of Greece, formerly known as the Socialist Republic of Macedonia of Yugoslavia) (see Usage notes)
    Synonym: Βόρεια Μακεδονία (Vóreia Makedonía)
    • 1979, Giannēs Iōannidēs, Alekos Papapanagiōtou, "Αναμνήσεις" (Anamnēseis: provlēmata tēs politikēs tou KKE stēn ethnikē antistasē, 1940-1945) (Mémoires: problems of the Greek Communist Party policy during national Resistance 1940-1945), page 519 @books.google. (polytonic script):
      [] ἔφυγε ἀπό την ἕδρα τοῦ Γενικοῦ Στρατηγείου τοῦ ΛΑΣΓ στά τέλη τοῦ Όκτώβρη 1942 καί ἔφτασε στή Μακεδονία (Σκόπια) κατά τό Μάρτη τοῦ 1943.
      [] éphuge apó tēn hédra toû Genikoû Stratēgeíou toû LASG stá télē toû Óktṓbrē 1942 kaí éphtase stḗ Makedonía (Skópia) katá tó Mártē toû 1943.
      [] (he) left from the headquarters of LASG [People's Liberating Army of Yugoslavia] in the end of October 1942 and arrived at Macedonia (Skopje) approximately in March of 1943.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Μακεδονία.

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