Macedonia Explained

Macedonia (Macedonian: Македонија|Makedonija|link=no, Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μακεδονία|Makedonía|link=no, Bulgarian: Македония|Makedoniya|link=no) 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 of northern Greece
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

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

Others

Macedônia, São Paulo, Brazil
Macedonia, a village of Ciacova, Romania
Macedonia, area of 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

See also