Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to ancient or modern Macedonia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
  • noun A native or inhabitant of ancient or modern Macedonia.
  • noun The language of ancient Macedonia, of uncertain affiliation within Indo-European.
  • noun The Slavic language of modern Macedonia, closely related to Bulgarian.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Belonging or relating to Macedonia.
  • noun A native or an inhabitant of ancient Macedonia, north of Greece.
  • noun A follower of Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople in the fourth century, who denied the distinct existence and Godhead of the Holy Spirit, which he conceived to be a creature or merely a divine energy diffused through the universe.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Eccl. Hist.) One of a certain religious sect, followers of Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople, in the fourth century, who held that the Holy Ghost was a creature, like the angels, and a servant of the Father and the Son.
  • adjective (Geog.) Belonging, or relating, to Macedonia.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to Macedonia, its people or language.
  • noun A person from Macedonia (in any sense).
  • proper noun A South Slavic language, the standard language of the Republic of Macedonia, provisionally designated the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
  • proper noun historical The tongue of the Ancient Macedonians, spoken in Macedon during the 1st millennium BC. (see Ancient Macedonian)
  • proper noun The Greek dialect in Macedonia, region of Greece.
  • proper noun archaic The name of a West-Bulgarian dialect prior to the codification of Macedonian standard language. Used in Bulgaria.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the Slavic language of modern Macedonia
  • noun a native or inhabitant of Macedon
  • adjective of or relating to Macedonia or its inhabitants

Etymologies

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Macedonia +‎ -an

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Examples

  • - The people of FYROM are justified in wanting to have some rights to the name Macedonian: they inhabit parts of Macedonia, they speak a Macedonian dialect of the Slavic group, and they have come to think of themselves as a separate nation from other Balkan Slavs.

    Macedonia: Name Change to Enter NATO, EU? 2008

  • Then, instead of drawing up his soldiers in one long line of battle, he formed them into a solid body, -- an arrangement which soon became known as the Macedonian phalanx.

    The Story of the Greeks 1894

  • Macedonian is not meant (2Co 9: 4) probably the same as was sent before with Titus (2Co 12: 18); and therefore sent from Ephesus, and probably an Ephesian: all this is true of Trophimus. oftentimes ... in many things -- Join and translate as in the Greek,

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • When she started Janam (meaning "dear one" or "sweetheart" in Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Turkish), Graffagna pulled together some of the Bay Area's best Balkan musicians, including Peter Jaques, founder of Brass Menazeri, and Tom Farris of the Helladelics and Izvorno IcePick.

    East Bay Express j. poet 2010

  • Schuster authored two books on Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and is fluent in his native Serbian/Croatian, English and Russian, with proficiency in Slovak, Macedonian and

    San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2010

  • Schuster authored two books on Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and is fluent in his native Serbian/Croatian, English and Russian, with proficiency in Slovak, Macedonian and

    San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2010

  • Schuster authored two books on Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and is fluent in his native Serbian/Croatian, English and Russian, with proficiency in Slovak, Macedonian and

    National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2010

  • Some say it was established in Thessaloniki (this is the official version, thus supporting its "Macedonian" - ness).

    Terrorists and Freedom Fighters Samuel Vaknin

  • But to the average non-Macedonian, that is almost incomprehensible.

    И сонцето е ѕвезда tnh 2008

  • Apparently, the Macedonian was a short film maker - and when we politely asked what she made short films about she responded, "DRAMA."

    Liza Palmer: The Chick-Lit Debate 2008

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