Macedonia
Appearance
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Macedonia(Macedonian:Македонија,romanized:Makedonija,Greek:Μακεδονία,romanized:Makedonía,Bulgarian:Македония,romanized:Makedoniya) most commonly refers to:
- North Macedonia,a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
- Macedonia (ancient kingdom),a kingdom in Greek antiquity
- Macedonia (Greece),a former administrative region, spanning today three administrative subdivisions ofnorthern Greece
- Macedonia (region),a geographic and historical region that today includes parts of six Balkan countries (see map)
Macedonia,Makedonia,Makedonija,orMakedoniyamay also refer to:
Other historical entities
- Achaemenid Macedonia,a satrapy of Achaemenid Empire
- Diocese of Macedonia,a late Roman administrative unit
- Independent Macedonia (1944),a proposed puppet state of the Axis powers (1944)
- Macedonia (Roman province),a province of the early Roman Empire
- Macedonia (theme),a province of the Byzantine Empire
- 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 geographic region equivalent to modern Greek Macedonia
- Vardar Macedonia,a geographic region corresponding roughly to the territory of North Macedonia
- Pirin Macedonia,a geographic region of southwestern Bulgaria
- Central Macedonia,a province in northern Greece
- Eastern Macedonia and Thrace,a province in northern Greece
- Western Macedonia,a province in northern Greece
United States
- Macedonia, Alabama
- Macedonia, Georgia
- Macedonia, Illinois
- Macedonia, Indiana
- 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 ofCiacova,Romania
- Macedonia, area ofGlenrothes,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
- SSMacedonia(1911),a Greek passenger liner that was renamedPincioin 1922
- MVMakedoniya,a Bulgarian cargo ship in service 1932–41
- MVMakedonia,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 thePreston Lionsbut 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 Airportor Thessaloniki International Airport, an airport in Thessaloniki, Greece
- Makedonia TV,a Greek television station
See also
- Eastern Macedonia (disambiguation)
- Western Macedonia (disambiguation)
- Languages of Macedonia (disambiguation)
- Macedonian language (disambiguation)
- Macedonian (disambiguation)
- Macedon (disambiguation)
- Macedonia naming dispute
- United Macedonia
Portal:North Macedonia
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