Did ancient Macedonians have Greek names and toponyms ??

Question

I mean Argos, Aigai, Edessa, Pella, Thessaloniki, Ihnai, Alalkomenai, Idomenai, Atalanta, Gortynia, Heraclea, Evropos, Alexandreia, Philippoupolis, ..... Axios, Erigon, Aliakmon, Emathia, Anthemous, .... Alexandros, Philippos, Pefkestas, Perdikkas, Amyntas, Aeropos, Alketas, Filotas, Olympias, Vereniki, Polysperchon, .......seem to me very Greek names and toponyms! Why did Macedonians do so? Didn't they have Macedonian words for their children or cities?

Answer 1

as far as i know both Greeks and macradions were of the same language and race and cultural background.what made them different was that the the macradions were seen as Barbadian Greeks as their nation was based on tribal loyalties unlike Greek city states.in this way thier cultures were different but their languages were pretty much the same

Answer 2

For roughly the same reasons that Americans use English names and words. Whatever other influences may have existed in very early times, by the time of Alexander the Great, ancient Macedonians spoke Greek, and saw themselves as a part of the community of Greek nations.

Answer 3

No!! Ancient Macedonians did not have Greek names and toponyms!!! Names of cities were Solun,Voden,Kavala,Lerin,Kostur,Drama and so on!! Names were Alexandra,Alexandar, Philip, Flora, Metodija and so on!! All Names were changed after the Balkan Wars in 1912-1913!! When MACEDONIA was divided and Greece occupied this part of MACEDONIA!! Greek government leads a big propaganda about the truth of MACEDONIA!!! Look at websites below!!

Answer 4

Philip II of Macedonia, the man who eventually conquered northern Greece and was father of Alexander the Great, was kidnapped by Greeks as a child. He wasn't sent back to Macedonia for years. He learned the Greek language, customs, etc...He liked the ways of the Greeks. He incorporated it into the Macedonian culture once he was back in his homeland. At one time the Macedonians switched to the Greek language. So it makes sense that Macedonian names sound Greek.

Answer 5

Also the history of those times was written by Greek speakers, so they probably converted any non-Greek names into their Greek equivalent or some variation a Greek could pronounce easily.