American English pronunciation
How to pronounce macedonian
IPA transcription: [,mæsə'doʊnjən]
Pronunciation variants: [,mæsə'doʊnjən][,mækə'doʊnjən]
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Noun
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a native or inhabitant of Macedon
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the Slavic language of modern Macedonia
Adjective
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of or relating to Macedonia or its inhabitants
“Macedonian hills”
Usage examples
- Ptolemy was regarded by the Macedonians as the son of Philip.
- It is now a Macedonian Orthodox Church.
- The next three years "Macedonian" patrolled there and off the East Coast.
- Macedonian uses as a partial equivalent.
- The battle resulted in a Macedonian victory.
- Its founders were Macedonian immigrants in Bulgaria as well as Bulgarian army officers.
- Later the Comintern published a resolution about the recognition of Macedonian ethnicity.
- The First Macedonian War saw the Romans involved directly in only limited land operations.
- He was a monarch of Persian and Greek Macedonian ancestry.
- The term is used more frequently by Ethnic Macedonians and has irredentist connotations.