MACEDONIAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does Macedonian mean?
• MACEDONIAN (noun)
The noun MACEDONIAN has 2 senses:
1. a native or inhabitant of Macedon
2. the Slavic language of modern Macedonia
Familiarity information: MACEDONIAN used as a noun is rare.
• MACEDONIAN (adjective)
The adjective MACEDONIAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to Macedonia or its inhabitants
Familiarity information: MACEDONIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MACEDONIAN (noun)
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Macedon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Macedonian" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Macedonian"):
Philippian (a native or inhabitant of Philippi in ancient Macedonia)
Instance hyponyms:
Antigonus; Antigonus Cyclops; Monophthalmos (a general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia; lost one eye; killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC))
Demetrius; Demetrius I; Demetrius Poliorcetes (son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC))
Lysimachus (Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; with Seleucus he defeated Antigonus and Demetrius at the battle of Ipsus (circa 355-281 BC))
Seleucus; Seleucus I; Seleucus I Nicator (Macedonian general who accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia; founded a line of kings who reigned in Asia Minor until 65 BC (358-281 BC))
Holonyms ("Macedonian" is a member of...):
Macedon; Macedonia; Makedonija (the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria)
Meaning:
The Slavic language of modern Macedonia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Macedonian" is a kind of...):
Slavic; Slavic language; Slavonic; Slavonic language (a branch of the Indo-European family of languages)
• MACEDONIAN (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to Macedonia or its inhabitants
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
Macedonian hills
Pertainym:
Macedonia (landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991)
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