Maidan
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /maɪˈdɑːn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Maidan is a noun meaning Independence Square, the main city square in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Meaning
Independence Square, the main city square in Kyiv, Ukraine.
More Meanings
- The Orange Revolution protests that took place in Kiev’s Maidan in 2004–05; the Euromaidan protests of 2013–14; the protest movement associated with the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution.
- (chiefly South Asia) A marketplace or other open space in or by a city or town; an esplanade.
Example Sentences
M. Crawford a gallop on the green maidan
Below on the amorphous brown-violet meidan by the railway station […].
Inland, the prospect alters. There is an oval maidan, and a long sallow hospital.
Word Forms
- maidans
- maidaun
- Maidans
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include field, square, shah, marketplace, market place, place.
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