It is often called Macedonia, but this can cause confusion with the wider geographical region of Macedonia and the Greek region of Macedonia.

它经常被称为马其顿，但是经常引起歧义，因为马其顿有较宽广的地理区域，但希腊也有一个马其顿区域。

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In the former Yugoslavia (now Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia), this diversity was something the people of the Bosnian region took pride in.

在前南斯拉夫(如今的斯洛文尼亚，克罗地亚，波西·尼亚，塞尔维亚，黑山和马其顿)的波西·尼亚，人们曾为这种多元文化感到自豪。

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Greece fears that its name implies territorial ambitions toward the northern Greek region of Macedonia.

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International pressure had been applied to Macedonia's leaders not to destabilise the region by declaring a state of war.

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Had that been held, and had Montenegro seceded from the federation, the EU feared that others in the region, like Albanian leaders in Kosovo and Macedonia, as well as Serbs in Bosnia, could have been encouraged to make similar moves towards independence - something the West is keen to avert.

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