North Macedonia

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North Macedonia

Alternative forms

Northern Macedonia

Etymology

From 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.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /noɹθ ˌmæs.əˈdoʊ.ni.ə/, /noɹθ ˌmæs.əˈdoʊn.jə/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nɔːθ ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/

Proper noun

North Macedonia

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of North Macedonia. Capital and largest city: Skopje. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992. The current name was adopted in 2019 to resolve a naming dispute with Greece.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:North Macedonia.
(nonstandard) The northern part of the geographical region known as Macedonia.
(nonstandard) The northern part of the modern Greek province of Macedonia.
(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

Republic of North Macedonia

Translations

country in Europe

Abkhaz: Аҩадатәи Македониа (Ajʷadatʷʼi Makʼedonja)
Afrikaans: Noord-Masedonië
Albanian: Maqedoni e Veriut f, Maqedonia e Veriut f (definite)
Amharic: ስሜን መቄዶንያ (səmen mäḳedonya)
Arabic: مَقْدُونِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة f (maqdūniyā š-šamāliyya) (definite)
Aragonese: Macedonia d'o Norte f
Armenian: Հյուսիսային Մակեդոնիա (Hyusisayin Makedonia)
Asturian: Macedonia del Norte (ast) f
Azerbaijani: Şimali Makedoniya
Cyrillic: Шимали Македонија
Bashkir: Төньяҡ Македония (Tönʹyaq Makedoniya)
Basque: Ipar Mazedonia
Belarusian: Паўно́чная Македо́нія f (Paŭnóčnaja Makjedónija)
Bengali: উত্তর ম্যাসেডোনিয়া (uttor mêśeḍōniẏa)
Breton: Makedonia an Norzh
Bulgarian: Се́верна Македо́ния f (Séverna Makedónija)
Burmese: မြောက်မက်စီဒိုးနီးယား (mraukmakcidui:ni:ya:)
Catalan: Macedònia del Nord (ca) f
Chechen: Къилбаседа Македони (Qʼilbaseda Makedoni)
Cherokee: ᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᎾᎿ ᎹᏏᏙᏂᎢᎠ (sgadugi nahna masidoniia)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 北馬其頓／北马其顿 (bak¹ maa⁵ kei⁴ deon⁶)

Mandarin: 北馬其頓／北马其顿 (zh) (Běi Mǎqídùn)
Corsican: Macedonia di u Nordu f
Crimean Tatar: Şimaliy Makedoniya
Czech: Severní Makedonie (cs) f
Danish: Nordmakedonien
Dutch: Noord-Macedonië (nl) n
Esperanto: Nord-Makedonio, Nord-Makedonujo
Estonian: Põhja-Makedoonia (et)
Extremaduran: Macedónia del Norti f
Farefare: Makedonia-zʋɔ
Faroese: Norðurmakedónia
Finnish: Pohjois-Makedonia (fi)
French: Macédoine du Nord (fr) f
Gagauz:
Cyrillic: Пойраз Македония (Poyraz Makedoniya)

Roman: Poyraz Makedoniya
Galician: Macedonia do Norte (gl) f
Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი მაკედონია (ka) (črdiloeti maḳedonia)
German: Nordmazedonien (de) n
Greek: Βόρεια Μακεδονία (el) f (Vóreia Makedonía)
Hebrew: מָקֶדוֹנְיָה הַצְּפוֹנִית (he) f (makedónya ha-ts'fonít)
Hindi: उत्तर मैसिडोनिया m (uttar maisiḍoniyā)
Hungarian: Észak-Macedónia (hu)
Icelandic: Norður-Makedónía f
Ido: Norda-Macedonia
Indonesian: Makedonia Utara
Irish: an Mhacadóin Thuaidh f
Italian: Macedonia del Nord (it) f
Japanese: 北マケドニア (ja) (きたマケドニア, Kita Makedonia)
Kazakh: Солтүстік Македония (kk) (Soltüstık Makedoniä)
Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនីខាងជើង (maaseedounii khaang cəəng)
Korean: 북마케도니아 (ko) (Bungmakedonia), 북마께도니아 (Bungmakkedonia) (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Makedonyaya Bakur
Kyrgyz: Түндүк Македония (ky) (Tündük Makedoniya)
Lao: ມາເຊດວນເໜືອ (mā sē dūan nư̄a)
Latin: Macedonia Septentriōnālis f (New Latin)
Latvian: Ziemeļmaķedonija f
Lingala: Masedoni ya Nola
Lithuanian: Šiaurės Makedonija f
Luxembourgish: Nordmazedonien
Macedonian: Северна Македонија f (Severna Makedonija)
Malay: Makadunia Utara, Makedonia Utara
Maltese: Maċedonja ta’ Fuq f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Умар Македон (Umar Makedon)

Mongolian: ᠤᠮᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ
ᠮᠠᠺᠧᠳᠠᠨ (umar-a makēdan)
Nepali: उत्तर म्यासेडोनिया (uttar myāseḍoniyā)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Nord-Makedonia (no) n

Nynorsk: Nord-Makedonia n
Occitan: Macedònia del Nòrd (oc) f
Pashto: شمالي مقدونیه f (šamāli maqdunya)
Persian:
Dari: مَقْدُونِیَهٔ شُمَالِی (maqdūniya-yi šumālī)

Iranian Persian: مَقْدونِیِهٔ شُمالی (mağduniye-ye šomâli)
Polish: Macedonia Północna (pl) f
Portuguese:
Brazilian: Macedônia do Norte (pt) f

European: Macedónia do Norte (pt) f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਨਾਰਥ ਮੈਸੇਡੋਨੀਆ m (nārath maiseḍonīā)
Romanian: Macedonia de Nord f
Russian: Се́верная Македо́ния (ru) f (Sévernaja Makedónija)
Scottish Gaelic: Masadoinia a Tuath
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Се̏ве̄рна̄ Макѐдо̄нија f, Сје̏ве̄рна̄ Македонија f

Roman: Sȅvērnā Makèdōnija f, Sjȅvērnā Makèdōnija f
Slovak: Severné Macedónsko n
Slovene: Severna Makedonija f
Spanish: Macedonia del Norte (es) f
Swedish: Nordmakedonien (sv) n
Tagalog: Hilagang Macedonia
Tajik: Мақдунияи Шимолӣ (Maqduniya-yi Šimoli)
Tatar: Төньяк Македония (Tön’yak Maqedoniyä)
Thai: มาซิโดเนียเหนือ (maa-sí-doo-niia-nʉ̌ʉa), นอร์ทมาซิโดเนีย (nɔ́ɔt-maa-sí-doo-niia)
Tigrinya: ሰሜን መቆዶንያ (sämen mäḳodonya)
Turkish: Kuzey Makedonya (tr)
Turkmen: Demirgazyk Makedoniýa
Ukrainian: Півні́чна Македо́нія (uk) f (Pivníčna Makedónija)
Urdu: شُمالِی مَقْدُونِیَہ m (śumālī maqdūniya)
Uyghur: شىمالىي ماكېدونىيە (shimaliy makëdoniye)
Uzbek: Shimoliy Makedoniya
Vietnamese: Bắc Ma-xê-đô-ni-a
Volapük: Nolüda-Makedoniyän
Welsh: Gogledd Macedonia (cy) f
West Frisian: Noard-Masedoanje
Yiddish: צפֿון־מאַקעדאָניע n (tsofn-makedonye)
Zhuang: ^{(please verify)} Baek Macedonia