Monkeydonia

English

Etymology

Blend of monkey +‎ Macedonia. Used primarily by Greek, Serbian, and Bulgarian nationalists to suggest that North Macedonia's statehood and ethnogenesis is illegitimate, and that the name Macedonia was usurped, referring to North Macedonia's naming dispute with Greece.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmʌŋkiˈdəʊniə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmʌŋkiˈdoʊniə/

Proper noun

Monkeydonia

1. (slang, humorous, derogatory, 4chan) Republic of North Macedonia.
   • 1998 May 29, BaLgArYaN666`@feedme, “Gligorov and his Dictatorial Regime are the”, in alt.feedme‎^[1] (Usenet):

     > Macedonians show no mercy because the time has come for the
     > DAY OF RECKONING and the Traitors in our ranks must be
     > dealt with FIRST.
     WITH YOUR CRETINOUS LITTLE ANALYSIS I'D SAY !!!YOU!!! AND YOUR ILL-BREED
     ARE THE BIGGEST TRAITORS TO MONKEYDONIA!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK,
     FYRO-MAGGOT!!! WITH ENEMIES LIKE YOU, WHO NEEDS FRIENDS???

   • 2007 November 8, Sylvester, “What's missing?”, in alt.news.macedonia‎^[2] (Usenet):

     European Union Countries---Monkeydonia and Toorkey not now or in the
     future members of the UNION. lol

   • 2008 January 6, Drexl Spivey, “Republic of Macedonia Will Defend the Name with Arguments”, in soc.culture.greek‎^[3] (Usenet):

     One more embargo
     and you won't just be back in the stone age...... if every Greek made
     an extra tray of ice cubes and we dropped on monkeydonia you'll be
     back in the ice age.