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What does Macedonia mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Macedonia? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. An ancient Greek kingdom, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.
  2. The largest and second-most populous region of Greece, comprising the regions of West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and the East Macedonia part of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace.
  3. The Republic of Macedonia, a country in Europe which is sometimes referred to elliptically (by the UN and others, pending the outcome of a dispute between Macedonia and Greece) as ‘the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’.
  4. A modern geographical region which includes the republic of Macedonia, the Greek region of Macedonia, and a bit of Bulgaria.
  5. The part of that region which is in south-western Bulgaria. (Also called Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia.)
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But while other favourites Macedonia, Georgia and Bolivia, are pulling in the money, it's peanuts compared with Miss Ireland, he said.
During the war he served in north Africa, Italy, and Macedonia, where he learned modern Greek.
He advocated the idea of a Greater Macedonia, extending towards northern Greece.
Bulgaria has signed such accords with Croatia, Romania and Macedonia while talks with Albania were concluded last December.
It has expanded internationally, with overseas affiliates in Macedonia, the United States and Switzerland.
Macedonia came close to civil war last year, when ethnic Albanians staged an uprising demanding greater rights.

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