siward wrote:
I think the people of Greek Macedonia have a different objection : they were always called Macedonia, and now another region is trying to take their name away from them, which is offensive.
This makes me laugh.
It is possible that the peope of their northernly neighbour state also used to call their region Macedonia. Their republic has only come into existence recently, and this may only have been possible by their perception of them being part of a people that are 'Macedonians', that therefore obviously live in 'Macedonia'.
LOL
2) use the names 'Republic Macedonia' and 'Greek Macedonia'.
I like that one, but, as Steve Langasek said, in the namespace of autonomous territories, there is no collision at all.
Regards, ogi