Etymograph

English

Monkeydonia

Blend of monkey + Macedonia.

A blend of monkey + Macedonia

Ancient Greek Μᾰκεδών ‘Macedonian’

Ancient Greek Μακεδονία

English Macedonia

The story

Used primarily by Greek, Albanian, and Bulgarian nationalists to suggest that North Macedonia's statehood and ethnogenesis is illegitimate, and that the name Macedonia was usurped, referring to North Macedonia's naming dispute with Greece.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Today it means

name Republic of North Macedonia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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