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North Macedonia


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    • Republic of North Macedonia
    • Republika Severna Makedonija
    • Severna Makedonija
    • Република Северна Македонија
    • Северна Македонија
    • Maqedonia e Veriut
    • Republika e Maqedonisë së Veriut

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          • found: Email from Executive Secretary, Foreign Names, U.S. Board on Geographic Names, February 15, 2019(the FNC electronic vote on the name change is approved and will be updated in the database; Republic of North Macedonia [conventional]; North Macedonia [conventional]; Republika Severna Makedonija [approved], Severna Makedonija [approved], Република Северна Македонија [non-roman script], Северна Македонија [non-roman script], PCLI, 41°40ʹ00ʺN 21°45ʹ00ʺE)
          • found: UN News (Website), viewed on February 15, 2019(UN Secretary General confirmed official notification of entry into force of Prespa Agreement; new name of North Macedonia with long version Republic of North Macedonia)
          • found: The world factbook, via WWW, February 21, 2019(North Macedonia. Location: Southeastern Europe, north of Greece. Geographic coordinates: 41 50 N, 22 00 E. Conventional long form: Republic of Macedonia. Conventional short form: Macedonia. Local long form: Republika Makedonija. Local short form: Makedonija. Former: People's Republic of Macedonia, Socialist Republic of Macedonia. Government type: parliamentary republic)
          • found: Wikipedia, February 21, 2019(North Macedonia (Macedonian: Северна Македонија = Severna Makedonija; Albanian: Maqedonia e Veriut), officially the Republic of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Република Северна Македонија = Republika Severna Makedonija; Albanian: Republika e Maqedonisë së Veriut); country in the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe; 41.6°N 21.7°E)
          • found: Britannica online, August 9, 2021(under North Macedonia: After World War II the Serbian part of Macedonia became a constituent republic within the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (later Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). The collapse of Yugoslavia led the Republic of Macedonia to declare its independence on September 17, 1991; After years of largely fruitless UN-mediated negotiations regarding the name issue, in June 2018 Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced that an agreement (thereafter known as the Prespa Agreement) had been reached under which the Macedonian republic would be known both domestically and internationally as the Republic of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Severna Makedonija). By January 2019 the Macedonian and Greek legislatures had both approved the measures necessary to pave the way for formal adoption of the new name, which came into effect on February 12, 2019)

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          • 2019-02-15: new
          • 2022-09-21: revised

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