Macedonia

geographical and historical region in southeastern Europe, today forming parts of the Republics of Greece, North Macedonia and Bulgaria
AdministrativeArea historical_region Q103251
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Macedonia

Summary

Macedonia is a historical region[1]. Macedonia has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Macedonia's instance of is recorded as historical region[3].
  • Macedonia's instance of is recorded as region[4].
  • Macedonia is named after Macedonia[5].
  • Macedonia's Commons category is recorded as Macedonia (region)[6].
  • Macedonia comprises Vardar Macedonia[7].
  • Macedonia comprises Pirin Macedonia[8].
  • Macedonia comprises Macedonia[9].
  • Macedonia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.32925475068105, 'lon': 22.5086210752146}[10].
  • Macedonia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Macedonia (region)[11].
  • Macedonia's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[12].
  • Macedonia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Macedonia's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Macedonia's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[15].
  • Macedonia's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[16].
  • Macedonia's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[17].
  • Macedonia's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18].
  • Macedonia's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19].
  • Macedonia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • Macedonia's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Macedonia's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[22].
  • Macedonia's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'bn', 'text': 'ম্যাসেডোনীয়'}[23].
  • Macedonia's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'ga', 'text': 'Macadónach'}[24].
  • Macedonia's different from is recorded as Q5988736[25].
  • Macedonia's different from is recorded as Macedonia[26].
  • Macedonia's different from is recorded as Socialist Republic of Macedonia[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include historical region[3] and region[4].

History and Context

Macedonia is named after Macedonia[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Macedonia include Thessaloniki Airport "Makedonia"[28], an international airport[29], in Greece[30], founded in 1948[31]; Macedonians[32], an ethnic group[33]; Macedonian dynasty[34], a dynasty[35]; North Macedonia[36], a sovereign state[37], in North Macedonia[38], founded in 1991[39]; Anchusa macedonica[40], a taxon[41]; and Macedonia[42], a square[43], in Bulgaria[44].

Why It Matters

Macedonia has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Macedonia is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Entities named for Macedonia include Thessaloniki Airport "Makedonia"[28], an international airport[29], in Greece[30], founded in 1948[31]; Macedonians[32], an ethnic group[33]; Macedonian dynasty[34], a dynasty[35]; North Macedonia[36], a sovereign state[37], in North Macedonia[38], founded in 1991[39]; Anchusa macedonica[40], a taxon[41]; and Macedonia[42], a square[43], in Bulgaria[44].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [42] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [45] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · C960657 · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id Makedonien_-_region_på_Balkan
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8313]]: Makedonien_-_region_på_Balkan"
  2. 24d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Described by source Nordisk familjebok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +8
    Country
    Instance of
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 3844, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107286034|Macedonia (#107286034)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictiona"
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