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Encouragement vs Macedonia - What's the difference?

encouragement | macedonia |

As a noun encouragement

is the act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.

As a proper noun Macedonia is

an ancient Greek kingdom, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising of the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings. Also called Macedon.

encouragement

English

Alternative forms

* incouragement (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
  • All generous encouragement of arts. -Otway.
  • That which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.
  • To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. -Byron.

    Synonyms

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    References

    (Webster 1913) ----

    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 ----