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==Etymology==
{{see also|Makedon (mythology)|Macedonia (terminology)}}
The name Macedonia ({{langx|el|Μακεδονία}}, ''{{lang|grc-Latn|Makedonía}}'') comes from the [[ethnonym]] {{lang|grc|Μακεδόνες}} ({{Transliteration|grc|Makedónes}}), which itself is derived from the [[ancient Greek]] adjective [[Makednos|μακεδνός]] ({{Transliteration|grc|makednós}}), meaning "tall, slim", also the name of a people related to the [[Dorians]] ([[Herodotus]]), and possibly descriptive of [[Ancient Macedonians]].{{Sfn|Beekes|2009|p=894}} It is most likely [[cognate]] with the adjective {{lang|grc|μακρός}} ({{Transliteration|grc|makrós}}), meaning "long" or "tall" in [[Ancient Greek]].{{Sfn|Beekes|2009|p=894}} The name is believed to have originally meant either "highlanders", "the tall ones", or "high grown men".<ref group="note">{{harvnb|Engels|2010|p=89}}; {{harvnb|Borza|1995|p=114}}; [[Eugene N. Borza]] writes that the "highlanders" or "Makedones" of the mountainous regions of western Macedonia are derived from northwest Greek stock; they were akin to those who at an earlier time may have migrated south to become the historical "Dorians".</ref> Linguist [[Robert S. P. Beekes]] claims that both terms are of [[Pre-Greek substrate]] origin and cannot be explained in terms of [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] morphology,<ref>{{harvnb|Beekes|2009|p=894}}</ref> however Filip De Decker rejects Beekesʼ arguments as insufficient.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=De Decker |first1=Filip |title=An Etymological Case Study On The And Vocabulary In Robert Beekes's New Etymological Dictionary Of Greek: M |journal=Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis |date=2016 |volume=133 |issue=2 |doi=10.4467/20834624SL.16.006.5152}}</ref> The shorter English name variant ''Macedon'' developed in Middle English, based on a borrowing from the French form of the name, ''Macédoine''.<ref>''Oxford English Dictionary'', s.v. 'Macedon'</ref>