maidan
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- proper noun
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Maidán
- The Maidan uprising was not only a momentous historical event but also a profoundly democratic one, with the protesters embracing a concept of citizenship involving individual responsibility to uphold democratic values and to serve the larger community.
- Maidan uprising
- Ukraine's Maidan
You have the Maidan in Ukraine and you have police violence and that's, that's the beginning.
- You have the Maidan in Ukraine and you have police violence and that's, that's the beginning.
- So, well, I think that Putin took Crimea for a very specific reason, in order to distract the attention of the Russian people from the Maidan revolt.
- On my opinion, your Maidan has several phases or stages.
Examples
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One of the most significant things that happened in the elections was that civil society activists, journalists, and other leaders from the Maidan entered politics for the first time.
Academic text (2015) -
I remember the two of us sitting somewhere on the Maidan, watching the sunrise, saying nothing.
Blog text (2) -
When those students went out to the Maidan in November, nobody was thinking we're going to die here or we're ready to die here.
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And they and Maidan leaders met with some senior Western officials.
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Now during the Maidan Revolution, who is more to benefit from that, the US or Russia?
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And now, I am on Maidan.
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The Western government policy changed immediately after Maidan massacre.
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It was in February 2014, just in the heat of the events on Maidan.
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In the same year, Ukrainian protesters took possession of Kiev's Maidan.
Academic text (2018) -
During the Maidan protests in Kyiv, thousands gathered to demand political change.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Maidan comes from Persian meydān, meaning 'open space' or 'field', and in Kyiv the name was used for the city's central square. That's why maidan also refers to the 2013–2014 protest movement, because people gathered in that square.