Macedonia
[,mæsi'dəunjə]
Definition
(noun.) landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
Typed by Gwendolyn--From WordNet
Examples
- Olympias then reappeared in Macedonia, a woman proudly vindicated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When, as in Macedonia, populations are mixed in a patchwork of villages and districts, the cantonal system is imperatively needed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was a civilized people for long ages before the fair Aryan Greeks spread southward through Macedonia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With the weapon of his new army in his hand, Philip first turned his attention to the north of Macedonia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Until at last a voice in Athens began to shout Macedonia! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Soon tiring of idleness and isolation he sent a cry from Macedonia to his old friend Milt Adams, who was in Boston, and whom he wished to rejoin if he could get work promptly in the East. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Lady Skiddaw took her everywhere in Cannes, and the Crown Princess of Macedonia had her to stop for a week at Cimiez. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Finally Olympias was killed in Macedonia by the friends of those she had slain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The army he found in Macedonia consisted of a general foot levy and a noble equestrian order called the companions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Macedonia does, indeed, arise in the background of this incurably divided Greece as the Medes and Persians arose behind the Chaldean Empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She was the daughter of the king of Epirus, a country to the west of Macedonia, and, like Macedonia, a semi-Greek land. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So at the age of twenty Alexander was at the end of his anxiety about the succession, and established king in Macedonia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When we quitted Macedonia, the fertile but low plains of Thrace afforded fewer beauties; yet our journey continued to be interesting. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was as if I had heard a summons from Heaven--as if a visionary messenger, like him of Macedonia, had enounced, Come over and help us! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In the kaleidoscopic changes of the map that followed the death of Alexander, Epirus was sometimes swamped by Macedonia, sometimes independent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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