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Maidan
maidan
English
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Pronunciation
Noun
maidan (plural maidans)
- (chiefly Iran, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan) An expanse of open space in or by a city or town.
- M. Crawford
- a gallop on the green maidan
- 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber, page 84:
- Below on the amorphous brown-violet meidan by the railway station
- M. Crawford
Etymology 2
1993, from Майда́н Незале́жності (Majdán Nezaléžnosti, “Independence Square”) in Kiev, from Ukrainian майда́н (majdán, “square”), from Ottoman Turkish میدان (meydân), from the same Persian source as above.
Alternative forms
- Maydan
Noun
Maidan (plural Maidans or maidans)
- Independence Square, the main city square in Kiev, Ukraine.
- The Orange Revolution protests that took place there in 2004–05.
- Other such protests in Ukraine.
Related terms
- anti-maidan, antiMaidan
- AutoMaidan
- Euromaidan, EuroMaidan
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:maidan.
Anagrams
maidan
maidan
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
maidan (plural maidans)
- (chiefly Iran, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan) An expanse of open space in or by a city or town.
- M. Crawford
- a gallop on the green maidan
- 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber, page 84:
- Below on the amorphous brown-violet meidan by the railway station
- M. Crawford
Etymology 2
1993, from Майда́н Незале́жності (Majdán Nezaléžnosti, “Independence Square”) in Kiev, from Ukrainian майда́н (majdán, “square”), from Ottoman Turkish میدان (meydân), from the same Persian source as above.
Alternative forms
- Maydan
Noun
Maidan (plural Maidans or maidans)
- Independence Square, the main city square in Kiev, Ukraine.
- The Orange Revolution protests that took place there in 2004–05.
- Other such protests in Ukraine.
Related terms
- anti-maidan, antiMaidan
- AutoMaidan
- Euromaidan, EuroMaidan
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:maidan.