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Macedonia

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Noun

1. macedonia

landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991

2. macedon, macedonia, makedonija

the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Macedonia

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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: Orthodox Christian majority, Muslim minority. Currency: denar. Capital: Skopje. Pop: 2 083 160 (2017 est). Area: 25 713 sq km (10 028 sq miles)
. Serbian name: Makedonija. Official name: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, FYROM
2. 
an area of N Greece, comprising the regions of Macedonia Central, Macedonia West, and part of Macedonia East and Thrace
. Modern Greek name: Makedhonia
3. 
a district of SW Bulgaria, now occupied by Blagoevgrad province. Area: 6465 sq km (2496 sq miles)

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Macedonia

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1. 
ancient kingdom in SE Europe: now a region divided among Greece, the country of Macedonia, & Bulgaria
2. 
country in the Balkan Peninsula: formerly (1946-91) a constituent republic of Yugoslavia: 9,928 sq mi (25,713 sq km); pop. 1,937,000; cap. Skopje
: in full Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Macedonia

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1. A region of southeast Europe on the Balkan Peninsula roughly coextensive with ancient Macedon and including parts of modern-day Greece, Bulgaria, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. After the fall of the Alexandrian empire, it was held by Romans, Byzantines, Bulgars, Serbs, and Turks. The present division was largely determined after the Second Balkan War (1913).
2. A country of the south-central Balkan Peninsula. It was a constituent republic of the former Yugoslavia until it declared its independence in 1991. Skopje is the capital and the largest city.
3. See Macedon.

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