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Macedonian

//mæsəˈdoʊniən// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language. not-comparable

    "Actually, this ethnic situation—a “macédoine” of peoples—was complicated even more from the 1860s on when some of the Slavs in Macedonia who had always called themselves Bulgarians (and were considered so by most foreign experts) began developing a Macedonian national consciousness."

  2. 2
    Pertaining to the Macedonian heresy or to Macedonian heretics. historical, not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to Macedonia or its inhabitants wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person from Macedonia (in any sense). countable
  2. 2
    A member of an anti–Nicene Creed sect founded by the Greek bishop Macedonius I of Constantinople, which flourished in the regions adjacent to the Hellespont during the latter half of the fourth, and the beginning of the fifth centuries. historical

    "I do therfoꝛe ſo diligently admoniſh you of this thing, becauſe it is daungerous leſt among ſo many errours, and in ſo great varietie and confuſion of ſectes, there might ſtep vp ſome Arrians, Eunomians, Macedonians, and ſuch other heretikes, that might doe harme to the Churches with their ſubteltie."

  3. 3
    the Slavic language of modern Macedonia wordnet
  4. 4
    A South Slavic language, the standard language of the Republic of North Macedonia. uncountable
  5. 5
    a native or inhabitant of Macedon wordnet
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  1. 6
    The tongue of the Ancient Macedonians, spoken in Macedon during the 1st millennium BC. (see Ancient Macedonian) countable, historical, uncountable
  2. 7
    The Greek dialect in Macedonia, region of Greece. uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English Macedonyen, partly from Macedonia and partly from Latin Macedonius, + -an; equivalent to Macedonia + -an.

Etymology 2

From Middle English Macedonyen, partly from Macedonia and partly from Latin Macedonius, + -an; equivalent to Macedonia + -an.

Etymology 3

From Middle English Macedonyan, from Latin Macedoniānus, from Macedonius + -ānus, after the Greek bishop Macedonius I of Constantinople.

Etymology 4

From Middle English Macedonyan, from Latin Macedoniānus, from Macedonius + -ānus, after the Greek bishop Macedonius I of Constantinople.

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