Macédoine
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French Macedoine, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin Macedonia, from Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), which see for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.se.dwan/
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Proper noun
Macédoine f
- Macedonia (a geographic region in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, including North Macedonia and parts of Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Serbia)
- (historical) Macedonia (an ancient Greek kingdom in Southeast Europe)
- Macedonia (former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans)
- Synonym: Macédoine du Nord
- Macedonia (a geographic region and former administrative region of Greece)
- Macedonia (a geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia)
- (historical) Macedonia (a former constituent republic of Yugoslavia)
Derived terms
- macédoine (“kind of salad”)
- macédonien, Macédonien