ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. 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.
  2. (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.

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Related dictionary entries include field, square, shah, marketplace, market place, place.

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