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Macedonia

Macedonia

Map of the Balkan peninsula depicting approximate maximum extent of the Macedonian region with borders of modern countries and the former capital cities of ancient Macedonia near the coast

| ····· | Macedonia (region) approximate maximum extent | | Aigai and Pella, capital cities of Macedonia (ancient kingdom)

Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to:

  • North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
  • Macedonia (ancient kingdom), also called Macedon, a kingdom in Greek antiquity
  • Macedonia (Greece), a geographic region of Greece, spanning the administrative regions of Central Macedonia, Western Macedonia, and part of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
  • Macedonia (region), a geographic and historical region that today includes parts of six Balkan countries (see map)

Macedonia, Makedonia, Makedonija, or Makedoniya may also refer to:

Other historical entities

  • Lower Macedonia, a geographical term used in Antiquity referring to the coastal plain stretching along the coast of Thermaic Gulf
  • Upper Macedonia, a geographical and tribal term in Antiquity referring to the upper (western) parts of Macedon
  • Achaemenid Macedonia, a vassal and then client state of the Achaemenid Empire
  • Macedonia (Roman province), a province of the early Roman Empire
  • Diocese of Macedonia, a late Roman administrative unit
  • Macedonia (theme), a province of the Byzantine Empire
  • Independent Macedonia (1944), a proposed puppet state of the Axis powers (1944)
  • Socialist Republic of Macedonia, a part of the former Yugoslavia (1945–1991) and a predecessor of North Macedonia

Other geographical uses

Within the region

  • Aegean Macedonia, a term for the geographic region Greek Macedonia
  • Vardar Macedonia, a geographic region corresponding roughly to the territory of North Macedonia
  • Pirin Macedonia, a term for the geographic region of southwestern Bulgaria
  • Central Macedonia, an administrative region of Greece
  • Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, an administrative region of Greece
  • Western Macedonia, an administrative region of Greece
  • Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace, a decentralized administration of Greece, seated in Thessaloniki
  • Decentralized Administration of Epirus and Western Macedonia, a decentralized administration of Greece, seated in Ioannina

United States

  • Macedonia, Alabama
  • Macedonia, Georgia
  • Macedonia, Illinois
  • Macedonia, Iowa
  • Macedonia, Kentucky
  • Macedonia, Missouri
  • Macedonia, New Jersey
  • Macedonia, Ohio
  • Macedonia, South Carolina
  • Macedonia, Tennessee
  • Macedonia, Liberty County, Texas
  • Macedonia, Williamson County, Texas
  • Macedonia, Virginia

Others

  • Macedônia, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Macedonia, a village of Ciacova, Romania
  • Macedonia, Glenrothes, Scotland, United Kingdom

Publications

  • Makedonia (newspaper), a Greek newspaper established in 1911
  • Makedoniya (Bulgarian newspaper), a 19th-century Bulgarian newspaper published until 1872
  • Macedonia (comics), a 2007 book by Harvey Pekar and Heather Roberson

Ships

  • , a Greek passenger liner that was renamed Pincio in 1922
  • , a Bulgarian cargo ship in service 1932–41
  • , a Greek passenger ship in service 1984–85

Sports

  • FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov, a football club in Skopje
  • FC Macedonia, a former football club in Skopje (1941 to 1944)
  • Preston Makedonia, an association football club in Melbourne, Australia, officially known since mid-1990s as the Preston Lions but still identified with the Macedonian-Australian community
  • Stirling Macedonia FC, an association football club in Perth, Australia

Other uses

  • Makedonia (dance), a Greek folk song
  • Macedonia (food), a fruit salad or vegetable dish
  • Macedonia (terminology)
  • Macedonia Airport or Thessaloniki International Airport, an airport in Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Makedonia TV, a Greek television station
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