Macedonia

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Macedonia may refer to:

Places

Europe (Balkans)

Present

• Macedonia (region), a region of the Balkan peninsula which includes:
  • Republic of Macedonia, a current state, member of the United Nations since 8 April 1993 under the name of "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:
  • FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov, football club from Skopje
  • Macedonia Square, the main city square of Skopje
  • Nova Makedonija, newspaper published in the Republic of Macedonia

• Greek background:
  • Macedonia Airport, Thessaloniki
  • Macedonia TV, Greek television network
  • Makedonia (dance), a Greek dance
  • Makedonia (newspaper), published in Thessaloniki
  • Makedonikos BC, basketball club

• None:
  • Macedonia (food), a fruit salad or vegetable dish