why the greeks cannot accept the name Macedonia?!?
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This is a general confusion! Greece of course is accepting the name Macedonia since it is a Greek name! The entire northern Greece is called the province of Macedonia (for the last 3000 years)! The problem is with a small state that emerge from Yugoslavia. That small state is called Republic of Makedonija or Fyrom (former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia) or Slav Macedonia. That small state instead of using its name its using the Greek name Macedonia or Makedonia trying desperately to link itself with the glory past of the Greek region (ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia was the homeland of Alexander the Grate). That effort of course is not a problem! Everyone is entitle to link himself with any past he likes! It is totally acceptable! The problem is with the fact that the state of FYROM or Makedonija(pronounce as makedonitsa) is deliberately trying to prove that ancient Macedonia was not Greek and that real Macedonia in Greece should be returned to them since they use the same name! Remarkable isn't it!\nThe paranoia of that state is so incredible that although their language (makedonijian) is a Bulgarian dialect they refer to it as Macedonian. Although the last 50 years they were called Makedonijans or Slav Macedonians in recent years they refer to themselves only as Macedonians conveniently forgetting to say that they are Slavs.
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And in Greece it is a name only female, also elia is an olive!!!
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Ancestors of modern greek people were people living in Byzantium. The ottomans (the modern turks) seized the Byzantinum empire at 1456, and greeks started a revolution to regain their independence in 1821, and in 1832 the Greek Country was first created. Of course, after almost 400 years under ottoman rule, the relationship of greeks with turks was far from good, and still remain so nowadays. \nCyprus was freed, too, in the events of 1821, but fell to the english slightly afterwards. By 1976, It was an independent country, free of english, but still unpowerful. Then, in cold blood, the turks invaded cyprus and claimed it as theirs. The greeks were supporting Cyprus' independence, so they couldn't find a way to work things out. So, they temporarily divided cyprus in two, with the northeast part being turkish and the southwest part being independent. This is how things are today, and a solution has yet to be found, because neither turks, or cyprians would step back...
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Legally she's australian. But in her heart she is Greek. You have to understand that Greeks take their heritage seriously. So the next time she insists that she is Greek, agree with her.
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My guess is that  National Day Fri Sep 8, 2006 is a Macedonian only holiday.\n\nNot sure about the others Macedonina holidays listed  at
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Which Macedonians do you mean?\nThe Greek (authentic) Macedonians are Greeks and therefore you count them among the numbers of Greeks. There are 375,703 (2001 census) and an estimate of 700,000 Australians of Greek origin.\nThere are also Albanian-Macedonians who are from the modern Slavic/Albanian republic of Macedonia (like mother Teresa who was an Albanian-Macedonian) but their numbers in Australia are not clear. They usually get counted with the numbers of the Slav/Macedonians. \nAnd there are also Slav/Macedonians from Slavic/Albanian Macedonia and they are 81,899 in Australia.(The Albanian-Macedonians included in the above number!)\n{Do not confuse the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia or Macedon (which was the birth place of Alexander) with the modern state of Makedonija (or FYROM or Slavic/Albanian Macedonia as they are not related at all). The confusion has started a few years ago because that small state started to use for international use the name “Republic of Macedonia” causing a great confusion with real Macedonia in Greece.}\n(The user Solun should stop using so many different ID! It is obvious that he is giving a lot of same answers!)
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Denmark doesnt knows how to respect each others...\nof course NOT !!
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OK I'm pretty sure this isn't Bosnian though Kaj is Sta (what)in the Croatian accent..... Ke and odime are both definately macedonian only.\n\nIt is most likely to be Macedonian written with latin letters....But I think there are a few typos in it whatever the language.\n\nBut I think the translation goes something with  this gist.......\n\n\nIF WE ARE GOING OUT THIS EVENING.. I WILL TRY TO CALL YOU...
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It's not greek. If it is you misspelled it.\n\nTranslation:\n\nESO KESSO DE CHLEIDREDO MESSO
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Hello XoSexierDenYewXo!\nYou mean you are from Makedonija?\n(Slav Macedonia?) I am from Greece! \nYou can mail me if you like!\nWish you the best!\n{Do not confuse the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia or Macedon (which was the birth place of Alexander) with the modern state of Makedonija (or FYROM or Slav Macedonia as they are not related at all). The confusion has started a few years ago because that small state started to use the name “Republic of Macedonia” causing a great confusion with real Macedonia in Greece.}\nFor ovichichka:\n"My friend,\nI made a small comment about the use of the Greek name Macedonia. Just to prevent any confusion with real Macedonia in Greece! It is not about politics but it is about History. There isn't any hate from my side but only friendship!"
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The modern English name "Greece" is derived from the Latin word "Graecus," which in turn originates from the Greek word  Γραικός (Graikos). This was the name of a Boeotian tribe ("Boeotian" means that they were originally from the central area of ancient Greece) that migrated to Italy in the 8th century BC.  The name of these people, who inhabited the area that the Romans called "Magna Graecia," (Greater Greece) became the name by which the Hellenes (Greeks) were known in the West.\n\nGreeks do not call themselves "Greeks," nor do they call their country "Greece."  They refer to their country as Έλλάς  (Hellas) and themselves as Έλληνες (Hellenes).
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just look it up on yahoo...its named after the city of Magnesia in the district of Thessaly, Greece.
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I think you just answered your own question but here are some other ideas I've had:\n\n1) Many folks here do not speak English well, and probably read it even more poorly. Imagine if you were translating your own question into Greek... would you be able to spell every word correctly? Would spell check really help you?\n\n2) Lots of people on this site are in too big a hurry to get points to be bothered with things like syntax or grammar or spelling, or fixing their typos.\n\n3) People in general are quite stupid and under-educated, which is probably why the good folks at Yahoo developed this site.
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Greece and Turkey have been fighting about that for a long time.  I would not feel comfortable buying any land there until things get straighted out.......Both countries are trying to work it out though
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The word didnt change spelling, its dilemma, it comes from Greek roots, just like many other, its just that it has two m's instead of some other Greek-rooted words, such as drama, problem etc... its been dilemma, not dilema or dilemna.
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Google for transliteration, NOT translation. If there is such a site, it'll give you the Greek words using the English alphabet.
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Not quite true! Not only Greece but also United Nations and European Union don't recognize a country with the name "Republic of Macedonia".\nLet me explain as the matter is complicated.\n  Macedonia or Macedon is a Greek region (in proper Greek “Mακεδονία”). It is actually one of the biggest regions of Greece and it has played a most significant part in Greek history! \n  (The authentic Macedonia in Greece (or Greek Macedonia) was the birth place of Alexander the Great! Alexander created a gigantic Greek empire and he is responsible for the spreading of Greek culture and language around the world!)\n  Suddenly a few years ago a small state emerged from Yugoslavia. That small state is called Republic of Makedonija (Slavic/Albanian republic of Macedonia). That state decided to use as an international name the Greek name “Macedonia” and of course that caused and still is causing confusion with authentic Macedonia of Greece! \n  United Nations and European Union has forced the state of Makedonijia to negotiate with Greece in order to reach to an acceptable name for international use { For those who don’t know Republika Makedonja (or Slavic/Albania Macedonia) is officially translated  by UN (and officially recognized by UN and European Union) as Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).} \n  Also a lot of people don’t know that the international name of a state is decided by international law, international agreements and treaties under the authority of United Nations! You can not choose what ever name you like for international use! An example is what happened to Austria! After the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and from 1918 it was known as the Republic of German-Austria (Republik Deutsch-Österreich), but the state was forced to change its name to "Republic of Austria" in 1919 peace Treaty of Saint-Germain! After the war every state that wishes to enter the United Nation had to make sure that its international name wasn’t violating the interest of any other country and was not against international law!\n This is the case for Makedonija (Slavic/Albanian - Macedonia). It can use its own name (Makedonija) but for international use it has to follow the UN resolutions!\n I have to say that the state of Slav/Albania-Macedonia is committed to the United Nations resolution and it is negotiating with Greece to reach to an agreement for a name for international use (and not for their constitutional name which remains as it is : “Makedonija”).\n Let me give you some more background about the history of the small state of Slavic/Albanian Macedonia. \nIt was created after the Second World War by TITO (during the communist dictatorship of Yugoslavia) and it was renamed from South Serbia or Vardar Banovina to Socialist republic of Macedonia. \nThe small Yugoslavian state had a mixed population of Slavs (mainly of Bulgarian origin), Albanians, even some Greeks and few other minority nations.\n Tito tried by inventing the non Greek Macedonian ethnicity to achieve 2 purposes.\nFirst he wanted to take away from Bulgarian influence the population of Slavic/Albanian Macedonia and second to start claiming Greek Macedonia from the Greeks.\n There was of course an entire propaganda effort that tried to convince the population that they are actually true Macedonians and not Bulgarians.\nThe Bulgarian dialect of Macedonia was called “Macedonian language” and they claim that it had nothing in common with the Bulgarian language.\nThe ancient (Greek) Macedonians were presented as non Greeks and simply because the Slavic population used the term “Macedonian” they assumed that they were linked. \n(Of course not even one respectful historian ever agreed to such unhistorical claims and no one ever question the Hellenic character of the ancient Greek Macedonians.)\n  Of course FYROM is a product of propaganda and the non Greek Macedonian ethnicity achieved after great oppression. \nPrison camps