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  • proper noun Plural form of Macedonian.

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Examples

  • Greece has sought to attack the Ethnic Macedonians in Macedonia and their own Ethnic Macedonians´ identity.

    American Chronicle 2009

  • Through St. Jerome, St. Augustine, St. Damasus, and Rufinus, the name Macedonians became the customary designation in the West.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • The Greeks had no love of being ruled by anyone, especially not by "barbarians" (What they called the Macedonians who generally lacked their level of sophistication and refinement.)

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • If the FPFOM AKA Fair Play for Original Macedonians Committee increases their shipments of software, I am confident that a resolution will be passed, possibly within the next five years, granting sole use of the name Macedonians to those persons actually born within the prerevolutionary boundaries ... "

    The Life of the World to Come Baker, Kage 2004

  • Language, as well as politics, culture, and so much else, reinforced the opinion of the Greeks that the Macedonians were a separate people, barbarians from beyond Olympus, no matter how hard their kings might try to behave like Greeks.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • Language, as well as politics, culture, and so much else, reinforced the opinion of the Greeks that the Macedonians were a separate people, barbarians from beyond Olympus, no matter how hard their kings might try to behave like Greeks.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • Language, as well as politics, culture, and so much else, reinforced the opinion of the Greeks that the Macedonians were a separate people, barbarians from beyond Olympus, no matter how hard their kings might try to behave like Greeks.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • Therefore, the Macedonians are the only ones who have the right to claim the name Macedonia, not Greece.

    Global Voices in English » Macedonia: Alexander the Great as Media Bait 2009

  • The Macedonian slogan, therefore, means that the Macedonians are asserting their ambition and right to become one of the EU member states in due course.

    И сонцето е ѕвезда tnh 2008

  • And yes, I agree that our magistrates are corrupt, but the Macedonians are the original settlers, and feel entitled to the perquisites of office.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

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