Macedonia

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Macedonia may refer to:

Places

Europe (Balkans)

• Macedonia (region), a region of the Balkan peninsula which includes:
  • Republic of Macedonia, a current state, also referred to as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
    • Socialist Republic of Macedonia (1946–1991), a federal unit of Yugoslavia and predecessor to the current Republic of Macedonia
    • Vardar Macedonia, a geographical region that mostly overlaps the Republic of Macedonia
  • Macedonia (Greece) or Greek Macedonia, a region of Greece, subdivided into three administrative districts:
    • West Macedonia
    • Central Macedonia
    • East Macedonia and Thrace (Western part only)
  • Blagoevgrad Province, unofficially called Pirin Macedonia, a region of Bulgaria

(For an overview of these terms, see Macedonia (terminology), explanation of the application of the name and the naming dispute between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia.)

Antiquity

• Macedon or Macedonia, the ancient kingdom ruled by the Argead dynasty
• Macedon (satrapy), a province of the Achaemenid Empire
• Macedonia (Roman province), a province of the Roman Empire
• Diocese of Macedonia, a late Roman diocese, part of the Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum
• Macedonia (theme), a province of the Byzantine Empire
• Upper Macedonia, the regions incorporated in the kingdom of Macedon in the early 4th century BC

United States

• Macedon (town), New York
  • Macedon (village), New York
• Macedonia, Alabama
• Macedonia, Georgia
• Macedonia, Illinois
• Macedonia, Indiana
• Macedonia, Iowa
• Macedonia, Ohio

Other

• Macedon, Victoria, Australia
• Macedônia, São Paulo, Brazil
• Macedonia, Timiş, Romania
• Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia, a.k.a. Upper Macedon

Miscellaneous (alphabetically ordered)

• Bulgarian background:
  • Makedoniya (newspaper), published in Bulgaria

• Ethnic Macedonian background:
  • Denes nad Makedonija, national anthem of the Republic of Macedonia
  • FK Makedonija 1970 Berlin, football club from Berlin, Germany, founded by Ethnic Macedonian immigrants
  • FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov, football club from Skopje
  • Football Federation of Macedonia, governing body of football in the Republic of Macedonia
  • List of Macedonian Patriotic Songs
  • Macedonia Square, the main city square of Skopje
  • Macedonian Blood Wedding, Macedonian (Yugoslav) film from 1967
  • Macedonian Radio Television, TV network
  • Makedonska Kamenica, a town and municipality in the Republic of Macedonia
  • Makedonski Brod, a town in the Republic of Macedonia
  • Makedonsko Sonce (newspaper)
  • Makpetrol, leading oil company from the Republic of Macedonia
  • MAT Macedonian Airlines, national flag carrier airline of the Republic of Macedonia
  • Nova Makedonija, newspaper published in the Republic of Macedonia
  • United Macedonian Diaspora, international Macedonian organization

• Greek background:
  • Famous Macedonia, regional anthem of the Greek region of Macedonia
  • Macedonia Airport, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece
  • Macedonia TV, Greek television network
  • Makedonia (dance), a Greek dance
  • Makedonia (newspaper), published in Thessaloniki
  • Macedonian cuisine (Greek)
  • Macedonian Press Agency
  • Makedonikos BC, basketball club
  • University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki
  • University of Western Macedonia, located in Kozani and Florina

• None:
  • Macedonia (food), a fruit salad or vegetable dish
  • USS Macedonian, the name of two United States Navy ships