Macedonia

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Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to: North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia Macedonia (ancient kingdom), also called Macedon, a kingdom in Greek antiquity Macedonia (Greece), a geographic region of Greece, spanning the administrative regions of Central Macedonia, Western Macedonia, and part of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Macedonia (region), a geographic and historical region that today includes parts of six Balkan countries (see map)