Macedonia most commonly refers to: *

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia *

Macedonia (ancient kingdom) Macedonia (; grc-gre, Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic Greece, Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The History of Macedonia (ancie ...

, a kingdom in Greek antiquity *

Macedonia (Greece) Macedonia (; el, Μακεδονία, Makedonía ) is a geographic and former administrative region of Greece, in the southern Balkans. Macedonia is the largest and Greek geographic region, with a population of 2.36 million in 2020. It i ...

, a traditional geographic region spanning three administrative divisions of northern Greece *

Macedonia (region) Macedonia () is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Its boundaries have changed considerably over time; however, it came to be defined as the modern geographical region by the mid 19th century. To ...

, 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

Achaemenid Macedonia Achaemenid Macedonia refers to the period in which the ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedonia was under the sway of the Achaemenid Persians. In 512/511 BC, the Persian general Megabyzus forced the Macedonian king Amyntas I to make his kingdom a vas ...

, a satrapy of Achaemenid Empire *

Macedonia (Roman province) Macedonia ( grc-gre, Μακεδονία) was a province of the Roman Empire, encompassing the territory of the former Antigonid Kingdom of Macedonia, which had been conquered by Rome in 168 BC at the conclusion of the Third Macedonian War. The p ...

, a province of the early Roman Empire * Diocese of Macedonia, a late Roman administrative unit *

Macedonia (theme) The Theme of Macedonia ( el, θέμα Μακεδονίας) was a military-civilian province ( theme) of the Byzantine Empire established between the late 8th century and the early 9th century. Byzantine Macedonia had limited geographical relati ...

, a province of the Byzantine Empire *

Independent Macedonia (1944) In September 1944, Nazi Germany briefly sought to establish an independent Macedonia, a puppet state in the territory of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia that had been occupied by the Kingdom of Bulgaria following the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 194 ...

, a proposed puppet state of the Axis powers (1944) *

Socialist Republic of Macedonia The Socialist Republic of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалистичка Република Македонија, Socijalistička Republika Makedonija), or SR Macedonia, commonly referred to as Socialist Macedonia or Yugoslav Macedonia, was ...

, a part of the former Yugoslavia (1945–1991) and a predecessor of North Macedonia

Other geographical uses

Within the region

Vardar Macedonia Vardar Macedonia (Macedonian and sr, Вардарска Македонија, ''Vardarska Makedonija'') was the name given to the territory of the Kingdom of Serbia (1912–1918) and Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) roughly corresponding to t ...

, a geographic region corresponding roughly to the territory of North Macedonia *

Central Macedonia Central Macedonia ( el, Κεντρική Μακεδονία, Kentrikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece, consisting of the central part of the geographical and historical region of Macedonia. With a populat ...

, a province in northern Greece *

Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Eastern Macedonia and Thrace ( el, Ανατολική Μακεδονία και Θράκη, translit=Anatolikí Makedonía ke Thráki, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It consists of the northeastern parts of the cou ...

, a province in northern Greece *

Western Macedonia Western Macedonia ( el, Δυτική Μακεδονία, translit=Ditikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen Modern regions of Greece, regions of Greece, consisting of the western part of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia. Located in north-western ...

, a province in northern Greece *

Pirin Macedonia Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia ( bg, Пиринска Македония; Българска Македония) (''Pirinska Makedoniya or Bulgarska Makedoniya'') is the third-biggest part of the geographical region Macedonia located on th ...

, a geographic region of southwestern Bulgaria * Aegean Macedonia, a geographic region equivalent to modern Greek Macedonia

United States

* Macedonia, Alabama * Macedonia, Georgia *

Macedonia, Illinois Macedonia is a village in Franklin and Hamilton counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 63 at the 2010 census. The Hamilton County portion of Macedonia is part of the Mount Vernon Micropolitan Statistical Area. History The villag ...

Macedonia, Indiana Macedonia is an unincorporated community in Taylor Township, Harrison County, Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capita ...

* Macedonia, Iowa * Macedonia, Kentucky * Macedonia, Missouri * Macedonia, New Jersey *

Macedonia, Ohio Macedonia is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,188 at the 2010 census. Macedonia is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The city's name is said to derive from a small joke among divinity s ...

* Macedonia, South Carolina * Macedonia, Tennessee * Macedonia, Liberty County, Texas * Macedonia, Williamson County, Texas * Macedonia, Virginia

Others

Macedônia Macedônia is a municipality ''(município)'' in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The population is 3,692 (2020 est.) in an area of 328 km². Its elevation is 502 m. Etymology Municipality's name has derived from the ancient Kingdom of Ma ...

, São Paulo, Brazil * Macedonia, a village of

Ciacova Ciacova ( hu, Csák; german: Tschakowa; sr, Чаково, Čakovo; tr, Çakova) is a town in Timiș County, Romania. It administers four villages: Cebza, Macedonia, Obad and Petroman. When it was declared a town in 2004, the villages of Gad and G ...

, Romania * Macedonia, area of

Glenrothes Glenrothes (; , ; sco, Glenrothes; gd, Gleann Rathais) is a town situated in the heart of Fife, in east-central Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south of Dundee. The town had a population of 39,277 in the 2011 census, making it ...

, 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 FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov ( mk, ФК Македонија Ѓорче Петров), commonly referred to as FK Makedonija G.P. ( mk, ФК Македонија Ѓ.П.) is a football club based in the municipality of Ǵorče Petrov, in Skopje, ...

, a football club in Skopje *

FC Macedonia Gragjanski Skopje ( mk, Гpaѓaнcки Скопје, en, FC Citizens Skopje, sh, Građanski Skoplje) was a football club from Skoplje, Yugoslavia (now Skopje, North Macedonia). The club's major achievements were the two participations in the ...

, 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) Macedonia or macédoine is a salad composed of small pieces of fruit or vegetables. Fruit Macedonia is a fresh fruit salad and is a common dessert in Greece, Romania, Spain, France, Italy and South America. Vegetable Macedonia or ''Macédoine de ...

, a fruit salad or vegetable dish *

Macedonia (terminology) The name ''Macedonia'' is used in a number of competing or overlapping meanings to describe geographical, political and historical areas, languages and peoples in a part of south-eastern Europe. It has been a major source of political controver ...

Macedonia Airport Thessaloniki Airport , officially Thessaloniki Airport "Makedonia" ( el, Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Θεσσαλονίκης "Μακεδονία", Kratikós Aeroliménas Thessaloníkis "Makedonía") and formerly Mikra Airport, is ...

or Thessaloniki International Airport, an airport in Thessaloniki, Greece *

Makedonia TV Makedonia TV (Greek: Μακεδονία TV) is a Greek private national free-to-air television channel broadcasting from Marousi, Athens and earlier from Thessaloniki, the capital of Macedonia in Greece. It was founded in 1991 by a group of journ ...

, a Greek television station

Other historical entities

Other geographical uses

Within the region

United States

Others

Publications

Ships

Sports

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See also