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# macedonian

adjective (Macedonian); noun (a Macedonian, Macedonians; Macedonian, the language)

«macedonian» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. From or to do with North Macedonia, a country in the Balkans, its people or its language. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macedonian/#m1)
2. The Macedonian language: a Slavic language written in Cyrillic letters, spoken in North Macedonia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macedonian/#m2)
3. (history) From ancient Macedonia, the kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macedonian/#m3)
4. From Macedonia, a region of northern Greece. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macedonian/#m4)

### In the lessons

In history lessons, Alexander the Great was a Macedonian king who built a huge empire. In geography, North Macedonia changed its name in 2019 after a long disagreement with Greece about the word «Macedonia», and people on each side feel strongly about it. Phrases: Macedonian army, Macedonian language.

### Examples

- Alexander the Great was a Macedonian king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macedonian/#x1)
- The Macedonian army crossed into Asia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macedonian/#x2)
- Skopje is the capital of North Macedonia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macedonian/#x3)
- Macedonian is written in the Cyrillic alphabet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macedonian/#x4)
- My friend's family is Macedonian and speaks Macedonian at home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macedonian/#x5)
- Thessaloniki is the main city of the Greek region of Macedonia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macedonian/#x6)
- The ancient Macedonians spoke a form of Greek. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macedonian/#x7)

### Note

Capital M: Macedonian. Pronounced mass-uh-DOH-nee-un. Trap: modern Macedonian (a Slavic language) is different from the ancient Macedonian of Alexander's time; the name is a sensitive topic between Greece and North Macedonia.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «macedonian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macedonian/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«macedonian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/macedonian.html) on Mova free.