Macedonia

Macedonia

Macedonia (Macedonian: Македонија, romanized: Makedonija, Greek: Μακεδονία, romanized: Makedonía, Bulgarian: Македония, romanized: Makedoniya, Albanian: Maqedonia), 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

Macedonia

• 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

Macedonia

• 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

Macedonia

• SS Macedonia (1911), a Greek passenger liner that was renamed Pincio in 1922 • MV Makedoniya, a Bulgarian cargo ship in service 1932–41 • MV Makedonia, a Greek passenger ship in service 1984–85

Sports

Macedonia

• 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

Macedonia

• 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