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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.

  • adjective (Geog.) Belonging, or relating, to Macedonia.
  • 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.

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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