macedonia
Syllables: Ma·ce·do·ni·aUK/ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə//ˌmæs.əˈdoʊ.ni.ə/
macedonia is the alternative form of macédoine.
Meaning of macédoine
Noun
macédoine (plural macédoines)
- A type of dish containing a mixture of many types of fruits, or many types of vegetables.
- This one is a mixture of textures and tastes and all kinds of vegetables—that's why it is called a macédoine. It's an odd route from Alexander the Great to your table, but Alexander, a Macedonian, had an empire consisting of many disparate states.2003, Sheila Lukins, Celebrate!, Workman Publishing, →ISBN, page 311
- A confused mixture; a medley.
- Actually, this ethnic situation—a “macédoine” of peoples—was complicated even more from the 1860s on when some of the Slavs in Macedonia who had always called themselves Bulgarians (and were considered so by most foreign experts) began developing a Macedonian national consciousness.2014, Raymond Detrez, Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 305
Proper noun capitalized: Macedonia
Macedonia
- A geographic region in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans which includes the Republic of North Macedonia, the region of Macedonia in Greece, the Pirin region of Bulgaria, and small parts of Albania and Serbia.
- An ancient Greek kingdom in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.
- Synonyms:
- Macedon
- Former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans.
- A geographic region and former administrative region of Greece, comprising the regions of West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and the East Macedonia part of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace.
- A geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia.
- A former constituent republic of Yugoslavia.
- But all this took time and delayed the start of the Communist-led uprising in Macedonia until October 11, 1941, that is, almost three months after it began in other parts of Yugoslavia. The CPY only had a few members in Macedonia at the time […]2002, Jozo Tomasevich, War and Revolution in Yugoslavia: 1941 - 1945, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 166
- A former province of the Roman Empire.
Synonyms of macedonia
- Macedon
- Greater Macedonia
- Vardaska
- former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- FYROM
- Macedonia-Skopje
- Monkeydonia
- New Macedonia
- Northern Macedonia
- North Macedonia
12 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- Republic of Macedonia
- Republic of Northern Macedonia
- Republic of North Macedonia
- Socialist Republic of Macedonia
- Vardar Macedonia
- Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Aegean Macedonia
- Greek Macedonia
- Southern Macedonia
- South Macedonia
- Bulgarian Macedonia
- Pirin Macedonia
Forms of macedonia
| plural | macedonias |
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Origin of macedonia
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), from μακεδονία (makedonía, “highland”), from μακεδνός (makednós, “high, tall”). Doublet of macedoine.
Words formed from macedonia
- Aegean Macedonia
- Bulgarian Macedonia
- Central Macedonia
- East Macedonia
- East Macedonia and Thrace
- former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- FYROM
- Greater Macedonia
- Greek Macedonia
- Macedonian
- Macedonia-Skopje
- New Macedonia
- Northern Macedonia
- North Macedonia
- Pirin Macedonia
- Republic of Macedonia
- Republic of Northern Macedonia
- Republic of North Macedonia
- Socialist Republic of Macedonia
- Southern Macedonia
- South Macedonia
- Vardar Macedonia
- West Macedonia
- Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Phrases with macedonia
Words that rhyme with macedonia
- Poseidonia
- Livonia
- Franconia
- Laconia
- Sidonia
- Usonia
- Wallonia
- Catalonia
- sinfonia
- Slavonia
- ammonia
- Babylonia
41 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- Cydonia
- Freedonia
- harmonia
- Patagonia
- valonia
- wellingtonia
- abronia
- adansonia
- Ambazonia
- Aonia
- aphonia
- asonia
- Assyro-Babylonia
- Avalonia
- begonia
- caustic ammonia
- claytonia
- Dumnonia
- dysphonia
- Estonia
- gonia
- gordonia
- heliconia
- houstonia
- Kydonia
- Lycaonia
- Maeonia
- Magonia
- Paeonia
- Pannonia
- pavonia
- Polonia
- polyphonia
- Savonia
- Selonia
- Snowdonia
- Sophronia
- tithonia
- Tsakonia
- washingtonia
- watsonia
Questions about macedonia
- What does macedonia mean?
- Macedonia means a geographic region in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans which includes the Republic of North Macedonia, the region of Macedonia in Greece, the Pirin region of Bulgaria, and small parts of Albania and Serbia.
- What is macedonia the alternative form of?
- Macedonia is the alternative form of macédoine.
- What part of speech is macedonia?
- Macedonia is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce macedonia?
- Macedonia is pronounced /ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/ (UK).
Words near macedonia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: macedonia (page history and authors); Macedonia (page history and authors); macédoine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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