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Macedonia or Macedon 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 provisional reference "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (FYROM)
    • "Vardar Macedonia", a geographical region that mostly overlaps with the Republic of Macedonia
  • Macedonia (Greece) or Greek Macedonia, (also referred to as "Aegean Macedonia,", a region of Greece subdivided into three administrative districts:
    • West Macedonia
    • Central Macedonia
    • East Macedonia and Thrace (Western part only)
  • Blagoevgrad Province, also known as "Pirin Macedonia", a region of Bulgaria

Former political entities

• Socialist Republic of Macedonia (1946–1991), a federal unit of Yugoslavia and predecessor to 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 (Today Over Macedonia), national anthem of the Republic of Macedonia
  • FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov, football club from Skopje
  • Macedonia Square, the main city square of Skopje
  • Nova Makedonija (New Macedonia), 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

• Cuisine:
  • Macedonia (food), a fruit salad or vegetable dish

References

1. Jochen Abr. Frowein, Rüdiger Wolfrum, Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law 1997, p. 239. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1998.
2. ^ "Macedonia (region, Europe)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2008-10-04.

See also

• Macedonia (terminology)
• Macedonia naming dispute

• Disambiguation pages
• Ambiguous place names