Macedonianize

Macedonianize

English

Etymology

Macedonian +‎ -ize

Verb

Macedonianize (third-person singular simple present Macedonianizes, present participle Macedonianizing, simple past and past participle Macedonianized)

1. to make Macedonian.
   • 1971, Stephen E. Palmer, Robert R. King, Yugoslav communism and the Macedonian question, Shoe String Pr Inc

     Government and party organs were kept firmly under Bulgarian control, but at the same time the Pirin district was being culturally Macedonianized by Yugoslav Macedonians.

   • 1989, FBIS Daily Report: East Europe

     Resorting to violence and overt threats, the compaign to Macedonianize the names and surnames of the Albanians as well as the names of the cities and villages inhabited by them is stepping up.

   • 2018, Richard A. Billows, Before and After Alexander: The Legend and Legacy of Alexander the Great, Abrams (ISBN 9781468316414)

     The city was reinforced with a large contingent of Macedonian colonists and rapidly Macedonianized.