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Macedonia
Macedonia măs&180;edō´nēe , Macedonian Makedonija, officially Republic of Macedonia, republic (2005 est. pop. 2,045,000), 9,930 sq mi (25,720 sq km), SE Europe. It is bordered by Serbia and Kosovo on the north, Albania on the west, Greece on the south, and Bulgaria on the... Read more |
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Macedonia (region)
Macedonia , region, SE Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula, divided among Greece, Bulgaria, and the Republic of Macedonia . Land and People Corresponding roughly with ancient Macedon, it extends from the Aegean Sea northward between Epirus in the west and Thrace in the east and includes the Vardar,... Read more |
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Berea
Berea or Beroea . 1 Town near Jerusalem, mentioned in First Maccabees. It is probably identical with Beeroth 1. 2 See Véroia , Macedonia. 3 See Aleppo , Syria.... Read more |
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Drama
Dráma , city (1991 pop. 38,546), capital of Dráma prefecture, NE Greece, in Macedonia. It is the trade center for a tobacco-producing region.... Read more |
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Pella
Pella , ancient city of Greek Macedonia, about 24 mi (39 km) NW of Thessalonica (now Thessaloníki). It became the capital of the Macedonian kingdom in the 4th cent. BC It prospered under Macedonian rule but declined after the Roman conquest of Macedonia (168 BC). Alexander the Great was born... Read more |
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Pieria
Pieria , region of ancient Macedonia, W of the Thermaic Gulf (the modern Gulf of Thessaloníki). It included Mt. Pierus, an early seat of the worship of Orpheus and the Muses, and Mt. Olympus. The Muses were sometimes called the Pierides, a name given also to nine daughters of the legendary... Read more |
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Philippi
Philippi , ancient city, E Macedonia. Inhabited by Thracians and then Thasians, it was renamed (probably 356 BC) by Philip II of Macedon, who developed and fortified it. Near the city was fought the decisive battle in which Octavian (Augustus) and Antony defeated (42 BC) Brutus and Cassius.... Read more |
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Skopje
Skopje or Skoplje , city (1994 pop. 444,760), capital of Macedonia, on the Vardar River. It is an important transportation and trade center as well as an industrial hub where chemicals, cement, machinery, and diverse light manufactures are produced. The city is also the see of an Orthodox... Read more |
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Greek Americans
GREEK AMERICANS by Jane Jurgens Overview Officially known as the Hellenic Republic, Greece is a mountainous peninsula located in southeastern Europe, between the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas. With a landmass of 51,000 square miles (132,100 square kilometers), Greece is bordered to the... Read more |
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Constantine Karamanlis
Constantine Karamanlis Constantine Karamanlis (born 1907) sustained an active career in Greek politics for 48 years. He was elected member of Parliament 12 times, governed the country as prime minister for 14 years (1955-1963; 1974-1980), and later was twice elected president, leaving office for... Read more |
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Country...landlocked Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRM) is a largely mountainous country...Albania. The River Vardar drains most of Macedonia and the capital, Skopje, lies on its... |
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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia See Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of |
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Macedon
Macedon Ancient country in se Europe, roughly corresponding to present-day Macedonia, Greek Macedonia, and Bulgarian Macedonia. The Macedonian King Alexander I (d.420 bc) initiated a process of Hellenization. In 348... |
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Bulgaria
...to administer a large share of Yugoslav Macedonia; full ownership was to await a peace treaty...Bulgarians were given similar rights in eastern Macedonia and most of western Thrace, though much of Macedonia, including Salonika, remained under German... |
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Serbia
...Hungary, e by Romania and Bulgaria, s by Macedonia, sw by Albania and Montenegro, w by...Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Macedonia. In 1989, Serbian troops were sent to...neighbouring countries, mainly Albania and Macedonia, to escape ‘ethnic cleansing... |
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Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great (356–323 bc) King of Macedonia (336–323 bc), considered the greatest conqueror of classical times. Son of Philip II of Macedonia and tutored by Aristotle, Alexander rapidly consolidated Macedonian power in Greece... |
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Thessaloníki
...Thessaloníki, Greece, the country's second-largest city and capital of Greek Macedonia. Founded in c.315 bc, it flourished as the capital of Macedonia under the Romans after 148 bc. The city was part of the Ottoman Empire until 1913... |
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Aristotle
...322 bc) Greek philosopher, founder of the science of logic and one of the greatest figures in Western philosophy, b. Macedonia. Aristotle studied (367–347 bc) under Plato at the Academy in Athens. After Plato's death he tutored the young Alexander... |
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Darius I (the Great)
...521–486 bc) of the Achaemenid dynasty. He extended the Persian Empire, chiefly through the conquests of Thrace and Macedonia. Darius divided the Empire into provinces (satrapies), made great improvements to transport infrastructure, and was tolerant... |
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Greece
...Hellenic Republic can be divided into four geographical regions: Northern Greece includes the historic regions of Thrace and Macedonia, and its second-largest city Thessaloníki. Central Greece, n of the Gulf of Corinth, includes the capital and largest... |
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Macedonia
Macedonia (Makedonija), and Greece, USA 1. The Republic of Macedonia (Republika Makedonija) since June 1991, five months...this is the name used officially by the state of Macedonia for itself. Greece protested that the name Macedonia... |
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Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of A country...the first Balkan Wars (1912–13), Macedonia was partitioned mostly between Serbia...Treaty of Neuilly confirmed northern Macedonia as part of Serbia, while southern Macedonia... |
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Greece
...east of Europe, bounded by Albania, Macedonia, and Bulgaria to the north, and by...lying, as are the river deltas of Macedonia. Most of the mainland, however, is a peninsula...before an outside conqueror - PHILIP II of Macedonia. After the death of his son, ALEXANDER III ... |
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Yugoslavia
...republics of BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, CROATIA, MACEDONIA, MONTENEGRO, SERBIA, and SLOVENIA...international recognition. The independence of Macedonia was generally recognized in 1993, and...relations between Serbia-Montenegro and Macedonia were normalized. This may lead to ... |
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Macedonian wars
...wars Conflicts fought between Rome and Macedonia in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. In the...victory, this time at Pydna in 168. Macedonia was divided into four republics. In 149...himself up as king but was defeated and Macedonia became a Roman province. |
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Philip II
...Philip II (382–336 BC) King of Macedonia (359–336 BC). Philip II transformed an ineffectual and divided MACEDONIA into a power which dominated the...success was based upon exploitation of Macedonia's natural advantages and the highly... |
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Balkans, the
...Greece, and Montenegro forced Turkey to give up Albania and Macedonia, leaving the area around Constantinople (Istanbul) as...disputed with Serbia, Greece, and Romania for possession of Macedonia, which was partitioned between Greece and Serbia. |
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Bitola
Bitola, Macedonia Heraclea Lyncestis, Pelagonia, Monastir, Bitolj Originally a Greek settlement, and...from the Slavonic obitel' ‘cloister’ or ‘abode’. It was the capital of Macedonia in the 19th century. |
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Philippi
Philippi a city in ancient Macedonia, the scene in 42 bc of two battles in which Mark Antony and Octavian defeated Brutus and...Philippians a book of the New Testament, an epistle of St Paul to the Church at Philippi in Macedonia. |
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Struga
Struga, Macedonia, Poland Macedonia: ‘Fishing Channel’, a reference to the channels through which the Crni Drim River flows out of Lake Ohrid. |
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EMO AD.(Macedonia)
...118, Village of Kosel, 6000 Ohrid, Macedonia Tel: +389 46 279 310 +389 46 204 600...Ownership Shareholders/Investors: State (Macedonia) 40.21% PIOM--Pension Fund 24...companies: Transformatori DOOEL Ohrid (Macedonia) 100.00% Sefovi i kasi DOOEL Ohrid... |
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Macedonia offers unlimited investment potential: Gligor.
MUSCAT -- Macedonia offers unlimited investment potential...tete, Gligor Tashkovich said that Macedonia, which is the home of Alexander the...s private sector participation in Macedonia. The two exchanged draft memoranda... |
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Macedonia's man of peace.
...was Kiro Gligorov, the president of Macedonia, who died in his sleep on New Year...film about war in Bosnia, and not in Macedonia, is largely due to Gligorov, the only...in the space of about a dozen years, Macedonia had been part of Turkey, Bulgaria... |
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Macedonia Tense As Strikes Loom
...QUINN, Associated Press Writer AP Online 03-24-1999 Macedonia Tense As Strikes Loom SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) -- With NATO airstrikes on Yugoslavia imminent, neighboring Macedonia worried about the possible consequences to its own fragile... |
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Macedonia Tense As NATO Strikes
...QUINN, Associated Press Writer AP Online 03-24-1999 Macedonia Tense As NATO Strikes SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) -- With NATO airstrikes on Yugoslavia under way, neighboring Macedonia worried about the possible consequences to its own fragile... |
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Macedonia: coming in from the cold.
For the past five years, Macedonia has been precariously surviving amid...marred by its namesake. The state of Macedonia was only part of the Macedonian region...pyramid schemes that have also plagued Macedonia. But despite the pessimists who... |
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Macedonia Fighting Hurts Investment
...Associated Press Writer AP Online 09-09-2001 Macedonia Fighting Hurts Investment SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) -- They're only dots on a map...Balkans -- pass through the heart of tormented Macedonia. Macedonia was once regarded as the stable... |
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Is Macedonia next? The chaos moves south. (Yugoslavian civil war)
...be lit in its southernmost republic, Macedonia. A nagging bone of contention in Balkan...the Ottoman Empire over a century ago, Macedonia lies athwart the Vardar valley, the...their respective national churches. Macedonia contained a variety of nationalities... |
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Bulgaria, Macedonia Linked by Common Past, Common Future - Foreign Minister.
Bulgaria and Macedonia are eager to deepen their cooperation...document mandates that Bulgaria will assist Macedonia in its efforts to become a member of...administrative capacity. "Bulgaria and Macedonia are the two closest countries in the... |
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Macedonia
...voters in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia ousted the Socialists who have ruled...lid on ethnic tensions, to make sure Macedonia doesn't become another Kosovo. Jennifer...of change, promising to make life for Macedonia's two million citizens. Karolina Sukolyevo... |
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