MACEDONIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Macedonian mean? 

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

1. a native or inhabitant of Macedon

2. the Slavic language of modern Macedonia

  Familiarity information: MACEDONIAN used as a noun is rare.

• MACEDONIAN (adjective)
  The adjective MACEDONIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Macedonia or its inhabitants

  Familiarity information: MACEDONIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACEDONIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Macedon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Macedonian" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Macedonian"):

Philippian (a native or inhabitant of Philippi in ancient Macedonia)

Instance hyponyms:

Antigonus; Antigonus Cyclops; Monophthalmos (a general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia; lost one eye; killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC))

Demetrius; Demetrius I; Demetrius Poliorcetes (son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC))

Lysimachus (Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; with Seleucus he defeated Antigonus and Demetrius at the battle of Ipsus (circa 355-281 BC))

Seleucus; Seleucus I; Seleucus I Nicator (Macedonian general who accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia; founded a line of kings who reigned in Asia Minor until 65 BC (358-281 BC))

Holonyms ("Macedonian" is a member of...):

Macedon; Macedonia; Makedonija (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Slavic language of modern Macedonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Macedonian" is a kind of...):

Slavic; Slavic language; Slavonic; Slavonic language (a branch of the Indo-European family of languages)

• MACEDONIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Macedonia or its inhabitants

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Macedonian hills

Pertainym:

Macedonia (landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991)

Derivation:

Macedonia (landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991)