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detach | macedonia |

As a verb detach

is to take apart from; to take off.

As a noun macedonia is

fruit salad (often tinned).

detach

English

Verb

(es)
  • To take apart from; to take off.
  • to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment
  • (military) To separate for a special object or use.
  • to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment

    Antonyms

    * attach

    Derived terms

    * detachable * detachment

    macedonia

    English

    (wikipedia Macedonia) (Macedonia naming dispute)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An ancient Greek kingdom, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising of the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.
  • The Republic of Macedonia, a country in Europe which is sometimes referred to elliptically (by the UN and others, pending the outcome of a dispute between Macedonia and Greece) as ‘the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’.
  • The largest and second-most populous region of Greece, comprising the regions of West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and East Macedonia and Thrace.
  • A modern geographical region which includes the republic of Macedonia, the Greek region of Macedonia and a bit of Bulgaria.
  • The part of that region which is in south-western Bulgaria.
  • Derived terms

    * Macedonian

    See also

    * * Skopje * West Macedonia * Central Macedonia * East Macedonia and Thrace * FYROM * Republic of Macedonia * * Pirin Macedonia * Vardar Macedonia * (Republic of Macedonia) * English words suffixed with -ia ----