Macedonia Explained

Macedonia (mk|Македонија|Makedonija|link=no, el|Μακεδονία|Makedonía|link=no, bg|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

• 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 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

• Eastern Macedonia (disambiguation)
• Western Macedonia (disambiguation)
• Languages of Macedonia (disambiguation)
• Macedonian language (disambiguation)
• Macedonian (disambiguation)
• Macedon (disambiguation)
• Macedonia naming dispute