1. A region of southeast Europe on the Balkan Peninsula roughly coextensive with ancient Macedon and including parts of present-day Greece, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia. After the fall of the Alexandrian empire, it was held by Romans, Byzantines, Bulgars, Serbs, and Turks. The present division was largely determined after the Second Balkan War (1913). 2. See North Macedonia. 3. See Macedon. |
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