Euromaidan
Euromaidan proper noun: a series of antigovernment protests in Ukraine that started in November 2013.
Proper noun
Euromaidan
- A series of antigovernment protests in Ukraine that started in November 2013.
- Large-scale protests, like Euromaidan or the Arab Spring, tend to occur in waves clustered in time and space through the processes of cross-country political contention or diffusion.2014 March 22, Farid Guliyev, Nozima Akhrarkhodjaeva, “Why Ukraine’s Euromaidan is not spreading to other post-Soviet states”, in Washington Post
- At the heart of the Orange and Euromaidan revolutions was a demand by average Ukrainians for justice and dignity.2016, January 7, Taras Kuzio, "Euromaidan Dreams Deferred", in Foreign Affairs Snapshot
- Synonyms:
- Maidan
Euromaidan meaning in Arabic, Persian and Thai
Euromaidan in Arabic
- series of anti-government protests in Ukraine
- اَلمَيْدَان اَلأُورُوبِّيّ al-maydān al-ʔūrūbbiyy, أُورُومَيْدَان ʔūrūmaydān
Euromaidan in Persian
- series of anti-government protests in Ukraine
- یورومیدان yoromeydân
Euromaidan in Thai
- series of anti-government protests in Ukraine
- ยูโรไมดาน Yū ro mị dān
Synonyms of Euromaidan
Origin of Euromaidan
2013, from Ukrainian Євромайда́н (Jevromajdán), from Євро́па (Jevrópa, “Europe”) + майда́н (majdán, “square”), named after Майда́н Незале́жності (Majdán Nezaléžnosti, “Independence Square”) in Kyiv. Compare maidan.
Questions about Euromaidan
- What does Euromaidan mean?
- Euromaidan means a series of antigovernment protests in Ukraine that started in November 2013.
- What is Euromaidan in Arabic?
- Euromaidan in Arabic is اَلمَيْدَان اَلأُورُوبِّيّ (al-maydān al-ʔūrūbbiyy), أُورُومَيْدَان (ʔūrūmaydān). See Euromaidan meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is Euromaidan?
- Euromaidan is a proper noun.
Words near Euromaidan in the dictionary
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