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North Macedonia
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English
Alternative forms
en Northern Macedonia
Etymology
From en north Macedonia. Suggested as a name for the republic since at least the 1990s. Part of the official name of the country since February 2019, adopted to resolve a naming dispute with Greece, hence reinforced as calque of later en mk Северна Македонија 1, itself after English.
Pronunciation
en /noɹθ ˌmæs.əˈdoʊ.ni.ə/ /noɹθ ˌmæs.əˈdoʊn.jə/ GA
en /nɔːθ ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-North Macedonia.wav UK
Proper noun
North Macedonia
en Q221en country on the r/Balkan Peninsula in r/Southeastern Europe Skopje Republic of North Macedonia 1. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992.
en
en nonstandard The northern part of the geographical region known as Macedonia.
en nonstandard The northern part of the modern Greek province of Macedonia.
en nonstandard The northern part of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia.
Usage notes
Formerly known variously as just Macedonia (especially informally; objected to by Greece), Republic of Macedonia (also objected to by Greece) or former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (in diplomatic circles; abbreviated FYROM).
Related terms
en Republic of North Macedonia
Translations
Q221 country in Europe
Abkhaz: ab Аҩадатәи Македониа
Afrikaans: af Noord-Masedonië
Albanian: sq Maqedoni e Veriut f, sq Maqedonia e Veriut f definite
Amharic: am ስሜን መቄዶንያ
Arabic: ar مَقِدُونِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة f definite
Aragonese: an Macedonia d'o Norte f
Armenian: hy Հյուսիսային Մակեդոնիա
Asturian: ast Macedonia del Norte f
Azerbaijani: az Şimali Makedoniya
Cyrillic: az Шимали Македонија
Bashkir: ba Төньяҡ Македония
Basque: eu Ipar Mazedonia
Belarusian: be Паўно́чная Македо́нія f
Bengali: bn উত্তর ম্যাসেডোনিয়া
Breton: br Makedonia an Norzh
Bulgarian: bg Се́верна Македо́ния f
Burmese: my မြောက်မက်စီဒိုးနီးယား
Catalan: ca Macedònia del Nord f
Chechen: ce Къилбаседа Македони
Cherokee: chr ᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᎾᎿ ᎹᏏᏙᏂᎢᎠ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 北馬其頓 bak1 maa5 kei4 deon6
Mandarin: cmn 北馬其頓 Běi Mǎqídùn
Corsican: co Macedonia di u Nordu f
Crimean Tatar: crh Şimaliy Makedoniya
Czech: cs Severní Makedonie f
Danish: da Nordmakedonien
Dutch: nl Noord-Macedonië n
Esperanto: eo Nord-Makedonio, eo Nord-Makedonujo
Estonian: et Põhja-Makedoonia
Extremaduran: ext Macedónia del Norti f
Farefare: gur Makedonia-zʋɔ
Faroese: fo Norðurmakedónia
Finnish: fi Pohjois-Makedonia
French: fr Macédoine du Nord f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Noard-Masedoanje
Gagauz:
Cyrillic: gag Пойраз Македония Poyraz Makedoniya
Latin: gag Poyraz Makedoniya
Galician: gl Macedonia do Norte f
Georgian: ka ჩრდილოეთი მაკედონია
German: de Nordmazedonien n
Greek: el Βόρεια Μακεδονία f
Hebrew: he מָקֶדוֹנְיָה הַצְּפוֹנִית f makedónya ha-ts'fonít
Hindi: hi उत्तर मैसिडोनिया m
Hungarian: hu Észak-Macedónia
Icelandic: is Norður-Makedónía f
Ido: io Norda-Macedonia
Indonesian: id Makedonia Utara
Irish: ga Macadóin Thuaidh an Mhacadóin Thuaidh f
Italian: it Macedonia del Nord f
Japanese: ja 北マケドニア きたマケドニア, Kita Makedonia
Kazakh: kk Солтүстік Македония
Khmer: km ម៉ាសេដូនីខាងជើង
Korean: ko ^북마케도니아, ko ^북마께도니아 North Korea
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Makedonyaya Bakur
Kyrgyz: ky Түндүк Македония
Lao: lo ມາເຊດວນເໜືອ
Latin: la Macedonia Septentriōnālis f New Latin
Latvian: lv Ziemeļmaķedonija f
Lingala: ln Masedoni ya Nola
Lithuanian: lt Šiaurės Makedonija f
Luxembourgish: lb Nordmazedonien
Macedonian: mk Северна Македонија f
Malay: ms Makadunia Utara, ms Makedonia Utara
Maltese: mt Maċedonja ta' Fuq f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Умар Македон
Mongolian script: mn ᠤᠮᠠᠷᠠ ᠮᠠᠺᠧᠳᠠᠨ
Nepali: ne उत्तर म्यासेडोनिया
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Nord-Makedonia n
Nynorsk: nn Nord-Makedonia n
Occitan: oc Macedònia del Nòrd f
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Сиверна Македония f
Pashto: ps شمالي مقدونیه f šamāli maqdunya
Persian:
Dari: prs مَقْدُونِیَهٔ شُمَالِی
Iranian Persian: fa-ira مَقْدونِیِهٔ شُمالی
Polish: pl Macedonia Północna f
Portuguese:
Brazilian Portuguese: pt Macedônia do Norte f
European Portuguese: pt Macedónia do Norte f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: pa ਨਾਰਥ ਮੈਸੇਡੋਨੀਆ m
Romanian: ro Macedonia de Nord f
Russian: ru Се́верная Македо́ния f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Masadoinia a Tuath
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Се̏ве̄рна̄ Макѐдо̄нија f, sh Сје̏ве̄рна̄ Македонија f
Latin: sh Sȅvērnā Makèdōnija f, sh Sjȅvērnā Makèdōnija f
Slovak: sk Severné Macedónsko n
Slovene: sl Severna Makedonija f
Spanish: es Macedonia del Norte f
Swedish: sv Nordmakedonien n
Tagalog: tl Hilagang Masedonya
Tajik: tg Мақдунияи Шимолӣ
Tatar: tt Төньяк Македония
Thai: th มาซิโดเนียเหนือ, th นอร์ทมาซิโดเนีย
Tigrinya: ti ሰሜን መቆዶንያ
Turkish: tr Kuzey Makedonya
Turkmen: tk Demirgazyk Makedoniýa
Ukrainian: uk Півні́чна Македо́нія f
Urdu: ur شُمالِی مَقْدُونِیَہ m
Uyghur: ug شىمالىي ماكېدونىيە
Uzbek: uz Shimoliy Makedoniya
Vietnamese: vi Bắc Ma-xê-đô-ni-a
Volapük: vo Nolüda-Makedoniyän
Welsh: cy Gogledd Macedonia f
Yiddish: yi צפֿון־מאַקעדאָניע n tsofn-makedonye
Zhuang: za Baek Macedonia
See also
Appendix:Countries of the world