Macedonian
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Macedonian¹
- /mæsəˈdəʊniən/ UK
- /mæsəˈdoʊniən/ US
Rhymes with -əʊniən
Where it comes from
From Middle English Macedonyen, partly from Macedonia and partly from Latin Macedonius, + -an; equivalent to Macedonia + -an.
adjective Makedonian
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Of or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language.
Actually, this ethnic situation—a “macédoine” of peoples—was complicated even more from the 1860s on when some of the Slavs in Macedonia who had always called themselves Bulgarians (and were considered so by most foreign experts) began developing a Macedonian national consciousness.
Similar: Macedonic
noun Macedonians · Makedonian
- A person from Macedonia (in any sense).
- A South Slavic language, the standard language of the Republic of North Macedonia.
- The tongue of the Ancient Macedonians, spoken in Macedon during the 1st millennium BC. (see Ancient Macedonian)
- The Greek dialect in Macedonia, region of Greece.
Macedonian²
- /mæsəˈdəʊniən/ UK
- /mæsəˈdoʊniən/ US
Rhymes with -əʊniən
Where it comes from
From Middle English Macedonyan, from Latin Macedoniānus, from Macedonius + -ānus, after the Greek bishop Macedonius I of Constantinople.
adjective Makedonian
- Pertaining to the Macedonian heresy or to Macedonian heretics.
noun Macedonians · Makedonian
- A member of an anti–Nicene Creed sect founded by the Greek bishop Macedonius I of Constantinople, which flourished in the regions adjacent to the Hellespont during the latter half of the fourth, and the beginning of the fifth centuries. I do therfoꝛe ſo diligently admoniſh you of this thing, becauſe it is daungerous leſt among ſo many errours, and in ſo great varietie and confuſion of ſectes, there might ſtep vp ſome Arrians, Eunomians, Macedonians, and ſuch other heretikes, that might doe harme to the Churches with their ſubteltie
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: macedon, yugoslav, fyrom, macedonia, mia, macedonic, makedonski, north macedonian, mysian, megleno-romanian, macaronesian, skopjan, albanian, mordvinic, mongolian, melanesian
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adj of Macedonia or its people or language
| Español | macedonio, macedónico |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 마케도니아의 Makedonia-ui, 마케도니아어 Makedonia-eo |
| 日本語 | マケドニアの Makedonia no |
| 中文 | 馬其頓的 /马其顿的 Mǎqídùn de |
| हिन्दी | मेसिडोनियन mesiḍoniyan |
| Português | macedónio, macedônio, macedónico, macedônico |
| Français | macédonien |
| Deutsch | makedonisch, mazedonisch |
| Italiano | macedone |
| Ελληνικά | σλαβομακεδονικός slavomakedonikós, μακεδονικός makedonikós |
| Română | macedonean |
| Русский | македо́нский makedónskij |
| Tiếng Việt | Ma-xê-đô-ni-a |
| العربية | مَقْدُونِيّ maqdūniyy, مَقْدُونِيّ maqdōniyy |
| עברית | מקדוני makedoni |
noun person from Macedonia
| Español | macedonio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 마케도니아인 makedoniain, 마케도니아 사람 makedonia saram |
| 日本語 | マケドニア人 Makedonia-jin |
| 中文 | 馬其頓人 /马其顿人 Mǎqídùn rén |
| Português | macedónio, macedônio, macedónico, macedônico |
| Français | macédonien, macédonienne |
| Deutsch | Mazedonier, Mazedonierin |
| Italiano | macedoniana, macedoniano |
| Ελληνικά | Μακεδόνας Makedónas, Μακεδόνισσα Makedónissa, Σλαβομακεδόνας Slavomakedónas, Σλαβομακεδόνισσα Slavomakedónissa |
| Română | macedonean, macedoneancă, macedoneană |
| Русский | македо́нец makedónec, македо́нка makedónka |
| العربية | مَقْدُونِيّ maqdūniyy, maqdōniyy, مَقْدُونِيَّة maqdūniyya, maqdōniyya |
noun Slavic language of Macedonia
| Español | macedonio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 마케도니아어 makedonia'eo |
| 日本語 | マケドニア語 Makedonia-go |
| 中文 | 馬其頓語 /马其顿语 Mǎqídùn yǔ |
| Português | macedónio, macedônio |
| Français | macédonien |
| Deutsch | Mazedonisch |
| Ελληνικά | σλαβομακεδονικά slavomakedoniká |
| Română | limba macedoneană, macedoneană |
| Русский | македо́нский makedónskij |
| العربية | مَقْدُونِيَّة maqdūniyya |
noun language of antiquity
| Português | macedónio, macedônio |
|---|---|
| Română | limba antică macedoneană, macedoneana antică |
Talk about this word "Macedonian." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/macedonian. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Macedonian. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/macedonian "Macedonian." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/macedonian.Cite this
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title = {Macedonian},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/macedonian},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
