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Macedonia

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Mac·e·do·ni·a  (ms-dn-, -dny)
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 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. Population: 2,060,000.
3. See Macedon.
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Macedonia
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Noun1.MacedoniaMacedonia - landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991
battle of Philippi, Philippi - Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC
Balkan Peninsula, Balkans - a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
Skopje, Skoplje, Uskub - capital of modern Macedonia
2.MacedoniaMacedonia - 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
Macedon, Makedonija
Battle of Pydna, Pydna - a major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC; resulted in the downfall of the ancient Macedonian kingdom
Balkan Peninsula, Balkans - a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
Macedonian - a native or inhabitant of Macedon
Translations
Macedonia [mæsɪˈdəunɪə] n → Macedonia
Macedonia [mæsɪˈdəunɪə] n → Macédoine f
Macedonia [mæsɪˈdəunɪə] n → Makedonien nt
Macedonia [mæsɪˈdəunɪə] n → Macedonia
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President, -- I can furnish the committee of inquiry into the conduct of the Lieutenant-General the Count of Morcerf in Epirus and in Macedonia with important particulars.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
The Achaeans and Aetolians were kept friendly by them, the kingdom of Macedonia was humbled, Antiochus was driven out; yet the merits of the Achaeans and Aetolians never secured for them permission to increase their power, nor did the persuasions of Philip ever induce the Romans to be his friends without first humbling him, nor did the influence of Antiochus make them agree that he should retain any lordship over the country.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
And this morning when I opened the Bible for direction, the first words my eyes fell on were, 'And after we had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
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