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Μακεδονία
The name Macedonia (Greek: Μακεδονία, Makedonía) is related to the ancient Greek word μακεδνός (Makednos). It is commonly explained as having originally meant 'a tall one' or 'highlander', possibly descriptive of the people. The shorter English name variant Macedon developed in Middle English, based on a borrowing from the French form of the name, Macédoine.
Early history and legend
The lands around Aegae, the first Macedonian capital, were home to various peoples. Macedonia was called Emathia (from king Emathion) and the city of Aiges was called Edessa, the capital of fabled king Midas. According to legend, Caranus, accompanied by a multitude of Greeks came to the area in search for a new homeland took Edessa and renamed it to Aegae. Subsequently, he expelled Midas and other kings off the lands and he formed his new kingdom. According to Herodot, it was Dorus, the son of Hellen who led his people to Histaeotis, whence they were driven off by the Cadmeians into Pindus, where they settled as Macedonians. Later, a branch would migrate further south to be called Dorians.
It seems that the first Macedonian state emerged in the 8th or early 7th century BC under the Argead Dynasty, who, according to legend, migrated to the region from the Greek city of Argos in Peloponnesus (thus the name Argead). It should be mentioned that the Macedonian tribe ruled by the Argeads, was itself called Argead (which translates as "descended from Argos").
The kingdom was situated in the fertile alluvial plain, watered by the rivers Haliacmon and Axius, called Lower Macedonia, north of the mountain Olympus. Around the time of Alexander I of Macedon, the Argead Macedonians started to expand into Upper Macedonia, lands inhabited by independent Macedonian tribes like the Lyncestae and the Elmiotae and to the West, beyond Axius river, into Eordaia, Bottiaea, Mygdonia, and Almopia-, regions settled by, among others, many Thracian tribes. Near the modern city of Veria, Perdiccas I (or, more likely, his son, Argaeus I) built his capital, Aigai (modern Vergina). After a brief period under Persian rule under Darius Hystaspes, the state regained its independence under King Alexander I (495450 BC).
Μακεδονία Είναι Ελληνική
Macedonia is Hellenic
Mакедония это Γреция
مقدونيا هي اليونا
Македония е гърция
Macédoine est la Grèce
Mazedonien ist Griechenland
Macedonia es Grecia
MAKEDONIJA JE GRČKA
МАКЕДОНИЈА ЈЕ ГРЧКА
Македонія ото Греція
La Macedonia è Grecia
Macedonia to Grecja
Macedonia należy do Grecji
Masedonya ay Griyego
Maqedonia është Greke
ومن مقدونيا اليونانية
Македония е гръцка
Macedònia és Grega
Makedonie je řečtina
Makedonien er Græsk
Macedonië is Grieks
Makedoonia on Kreeka
Macedonia ay Griyego
Makedonia on kreikkalainen
La Macédoine est Grecque
A Macedonia é Grego
Mazedonien ist Griechisch
מקדוניה היא יוונית
Macedónia a Görög
Macedonia adalah Yunani
Macedonia è Greco
Maķedonija ir Grieķu
Makedonija yra Graikų
Maċedonja huwa Grieg
Makedonia er Gresk
Macedonia jest Greckie
A Macedónia é Grega
Macedonia este Greacă
Македония является греческий
Macedónsko je Grécky
Makedonija je Grška
Macedonia es Griega
Makedonien är Grekiska
Makedonya Yunan olduğunu
Македонія є грецькою
Macedonia là Tiếng Hy Lạp
