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macedonian

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for macedonian.

Editorial note

Technological advantage existed long before industrialization: the macedonian pike, the persian archers, the roman phalanx.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

Of or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of macedonian gathered in one view.

adjective

Of or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language.

noun

(countable) A person from Macedonia (in any sense).

noun

(uncountable) A South Slavic language, the standard language of the Republic of North Macedonia.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for macedonian.

adjective

Of or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language.

noun

(countable) A person from Macedonia (in any sense).

noun

(uncountable) A South Slavic language, the standard language of the Republic of North Macedonia.

noun

(historical) The tongue of the Ancient Macedonians, spoken in Macedon during the 1st millennium BC. (see Ancient Macedonian)

Example sentences

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Technological advantage existed long before industrialization: the macedonian pike, the persian archers, the roman phalanx.

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In 867, the Macedonian dynasty took over Byzantium and started its golden age.

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As a Macedonian (the Greek kind), your father isn't that wrong.

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Lets not turn this into a Greek vs Macedonian thing.

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As someone with a Macedonian background, what bothers me most is my father's reaction to this news when I told him about it.

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Most blatant is the propaganda in the Macedonian Wikipedia.

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Adcock, The Greek and Macedonian Art of War Modern translation - no matter how badass you think you are, you're still not as badass as a war elephant.

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He said he was taken to a hotel in the Macedonian capital of Skopje where he was imprisoned and tortured for 23 days before being flown to Kabul, Afghanistan.

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One thing that bothers me is the author remark that the Greeks never had any organised state like structure except for the Macedonian kingdoms..yes they did for like 1000 years.

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Being a native south Serbian speaker, I had much better understanding of Macedonian and Bulgarian than those Croato-Serbian dialects spoken in the western or south Croatia.

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For the macedonian pike to arise you needed the social infrastructure around it that allowed Philip to train soldiers, then send them out to become battle-hardened defending trading routes from pirates.

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I'm not sure the protection of the German state is something the US will care about: Khalid El-Masri (born June 29, 1963) is a German citizen who was mistakenly abducted by the Macedonian Police, and handed-over to the U.

Quote examples

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Justice in Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Bosnian and some other Slavic languages is "pravda".

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Disillusioned humanities PhD's often have problems finding work in the "real world," since companies aren't keen on hiring someone who knows everything there is to know about Macedonian agriculture.

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However I would disagree with the "Macedonian barbarian" note you made: Alexander was educated by Aristoteles and he was elected as the main greek general in the war against the barbarians (Persians) by the rest of the greeks.

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>As reported by BBC, the New York Times, and Associated Press, Macedonian officials admit that the government murdered 7 innocent immigrants in cold blood and pretended that they were Al Qaeda soldiers attempting to assassinate Macedonian police, in order to join the “war on terror”.

Proper noun examples

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Got to 500 and had to guess (definitely Slavic, but had a choice between Czech, Slovak, Macedonian...

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That is the year in which Attalus I, king of Pergamon, joined the anti-Macedonian League.

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Alexander was a Macedonian, of course, but what was then Macedonia is now part of Northern Greece, meaning the (modern) country of Macedonia can only be called (The Former Yugoslav Republic of) Macedonia.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use macedonian in a sentence?

Technological advantage existed long before industrialization: the macedonian pike, the persian archers, the roman phalanx.

What does macedonian mean?

Of or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language.

What part of speech is macedonian?

macedonian is commonly used as adjective, noun.