Ilinden

Proper noun

Meaning

A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Илинден (Ilinden).

A municipality and town therein, in North Macedonia.

Examples

After the Bulgarian Electoral Committee endorsed in 2001 the registration of a wing of UMO Ilinden, which had dropped separatist demands from its Charter, the mother organization became largely inactive. Source: Internet

Attempts of ethnic Macedonian organization UMO Ilinden to commemorate the grave of revolutionary Yane Sandanski throughout the 1990s were usually hampered by the Bulgarian police. Source: Internet

In 2007, the Sofia City Court refused registration of UMO Ilinden Pirin organization, despite an October 2005 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that a previous ban of the party violated rights to freedom of association and assembly. Source: Internet

;Ilindenski Denovi Every year, the traditional folk festival "Ilinden Days" takes place in Bitola. Source: Internet

It is a 4-5 day festival of music, songs, and dances that is dedicated to the Ilinden Uprising against the Turks, where the main concentration is placed on the folk culture of Macedonia. Source: Internet

Later two wings were unified under the "UMO Ilinden – PIRIN" organization. Source: Internet

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