MACEDONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Macedonia mean? 

• MACEDONIA (noun)
  The noun MACEDONIA has 2 senses:

1. landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991

2. the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria

  Familiarity information: MACEDONIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACEDONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

Balkan country; Balkan nation; Balkan state (any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula)

Meronyms (parts of "Macedonia"):

Skopje; Skoplje; Uskub (capital of modern Macedonia)

Domain member region:

battle of Philippi; Philippi (Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC)

Holonyms ("Macedonia" is a part of...):

Balkan Peninsula; Balkans (a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range)

Derivation:

Macedonian (of or relating to Macedonia or its inhabitants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Macedon; Macedonia; Makedonija

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (members of "Macedonia"):

Macedonian (a native or inhabitant of Macedon)

Domain member region:

Battle of Pydna; Pydna (a major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC; resulted in the downfall of the ancient Macedonian kingdom)

Holonyms ("Macedonia" is a part of...):

Balkan Peninsula; Balkans (a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range)

 Context examples 

It was as if I had heard a summons from Heaven—as if a visionary messenger, like him of Macedonia, had enounced, "Come over and help us!"

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Unfortunately, increasing nutrient concentrations and the consequences of eutrophication have been recorded for most of the ancient lakes, including Victoria (on the border of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda), Baikal (Russia), Valencia (Venezuela), Titicaca (Peru) and Ohrid (Macedonia).

(Ancient lakes: eyes into the past, and the future, National Science Foundation)