What do you call the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia?

[GMantis]

Македония

Greece lite

I like that: it insults both sides!

Mazedonien.

"Fyrom" is acceptable only if the former Ottoman Empire possessions in Greece are known as "Foepig".

Turkey doesn't have a province called Greece, claimed by the Republic of Greece, so your example is not very fitting.

[GMantis]

Turkey doesn't have a province called Greece, claimed by the Republic of Greece, so your example is not very fitting.

I was not aware that Greek Macedonia was claimed by the Republic of Macedonia. Cite?

Not officially. In practice, however, their government more or less openly supports the idea that the whole region really belongs to the country. Here is a rather long list of examples addressing this attitude.

Turkey doesn't have a province called Greece, claimed by the Republic of Greece, so your example is not very fitting.

I was not aware that Greek Macedonia was claimed by the Republic of Macedonia. Cite?

Belgium includes a province called Luxembourg, which is actually larger than the Grandduchy. And just as in this case, it's because they were one historical territory for a very long time. I am not aware of anybody being insecure and deranged enough to demand Luxembourg the country to change its name.

Is there anyone deranged enough to demand that Luxembourg be reunited with the Belgian province? Also the ration between Belgium and Luxembourg  is rather bigger than the one between Greece and Macedonia.

[GMantis]

Turkey doesn't have a province called Greece, claimed by the Republic of Greece, so your example is not very fitting.

I was not aware that Greek Macedonia was claimed by the Republic of Macedonia. Cite?

Not officially. In practice, however, their government more or less openly supports the idea that the whole region really belongs to the country. Here is a rather long list of examples addressing this attitude.

That doesn't seem to be exactly what the article is saying... though I understand that declarations such as this -  "(1) The Republic cares for the status and rights of those persons belonging to the Macedonian people in neighboring countries (...) assists their cultural development and promotes links with them. In the exercise of this concern the Republic will not interfere in the sovereign rights of other states or in their internal affairs." - are contentious elsewhere in the Balkans too; and why that is so. (Although you'd need to be, quoting myself, insecure or deranged to read a landclaim into it.) And yeah, I learned something from this article, thanks.

The Macedonian government has a rather broad definition of who a Macedonian, which is not helping their case at all.
And when a government constantly harps on the "unjustly divided Macedonia" it also doesn't help their case much.

[GMantis]

West Bulgaria

More like Southwestern, considering these regions, but not a bad idea . Would solve the name dispute, at least .

[GMantis]

West Bulgaria

More like Southwestern, considering these regions, but not a bad idea . Would solve the name dispute, at least .

It would be viewed as a territorial claim to much of western Bulgaria.

Not really. It would mean the Macedonians finally acknowledging the truth.