Μακεδονία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Μᾰκεδονῐ́η (Makedoníē) – Ionic
  • Μᾰκηδονῐ́ᾱ (Makēdoníā)

Etymology

From Μᾰκεδών (Makedṓn, “Macedonian”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱ • (Makedoníā) f (genitive Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Macedon; Macedonia

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱ
hē Makedoníā
Genitive τῆς Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱς
tês Makedoníās
Dative τῇ Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾳ
têi Makedoníāi
Accusative τὴν Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Makedoníān
Vocative Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱ
Makedoníā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
Descendants of Μακεδονία in other languages

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱ (Makedoníā).

Proper noun

Μακεδονία • (Makedonía) f

  1. Macedon, Macedonia, an ancient kingdom in the Balkans
  2. Macedonia, a region of Greece
  3. Republic of North Macedonia (see Usage notes)
  4. Macedonia, a broader region of the Balkan peninsula which includes the Greek region of Macedonia, North Macedonia and a bit of Bulgaria

Usage notes

The Greek government used to object to the use of the "Republic of Macedonia" without a geographical qualifier such as "Northern Macedonia". (see: "Macedonia naming dispute" on Wikipedia)

Declension
Declension of Μακεδονία (Makedonía)
singular
nominative Μακεδονία •
genitive Μακεδονίας •
accusative Μακεδονία •
vocative Μακεδονία •
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