Macedonian

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Contents 1 Historically 2 In linguistics 3 In music 4 In religion

Macedonian may refer to anything related to, or a person from, Macedonia, a geographical region in Southeast Europe shared between Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, and small parts of Albania and Serbia.

More specifically, it may refer to:

• Macedonians (ethnic group) (also referred to as Macedonian Slavs or Slav Macedonians), the Slavic majority ethnic group of the Republic of Macedonia and minority inhabitants of a number of neighboring countries
• Greek Macedonians (also known as Macedonian Greeks or simply Macedonians), the Greek regional group of the geographical region of Macedonia, a province in northern Greece, and diaspora communities around the world
• A citizen of the Republic of Macedonia or Greek Macedonia

[edit] Historically

• Ancient Macedonians, the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Macedon
• The Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire

[edit] In linguistics

• Macedonian language (also called "Macedonian Slavic" or "Slavic Macedonian"), a modern South Slavic language
• Ancient Macedonian language, an extinct ancient language
• The Macedonian dialect of the modern Greek language
• The southwestern dialects of the Bulgarian language

[edit] In music

• Music of Macedonia, part of the folklore of the wider region of Macedonia

[edit] In religion

• Diocese of Macedonia, part of the ancient Roman Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum
• Macedonians (religious group), a 4th century Byzantine Greek Christian sect
• Macedonian Orthodox Church, an autocephalous, unrecognised Eastern Orthodox Christian church associated principally with ethnic Macedonians