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midan

midan is the alternative spelling of maidan.

Meaning of maidan

Noun (1)

maidan (plural maidans)

  1. (South-Asia) A marketplace or other open space in or by a city or town; an esplanade.
    • Inland, the prospect alters. There is an oval maidan, and a long sallow hospital.1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 5

Noun (2)

Maidan (plural Maidans or maidans)

  1. Independence Square, the main city square in Kyiv, Ukraine.
  2. 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.

Adjective capitalized: Midan

Midan (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Synonym of Midasian.
    • to turn all things by one's touch, not to Midan gold, but putrescence.1881, The Ethics of Love, page 25
    • Van Diver was always spoken of as the "Grain King," "Mining King," or some other kind of Royalty, because of his infallible success, and Midan touch.1906, Thomas Nelson Page, The Novels, Stories, Sketches and Poems of Thomas Nelson Page: The black stock, Santa Claus's partner, page 143
    Synonyms:
    Midasian

Synonyms of midan

Forms of midan

pluralmidans

Questions about midan

What does midan mean?
Midan means synonym of Midasian.
What is midan the alternative spelling of?
Midan is the alternative spelling of maidan.
What part of speech is midan?
Midan is an adjective.

Words near midan in the dictionary

  1. midair
  2. midairs
  3. midaltitude
  4. midamble
  5. midambles
  6. midan
  7. midans
  8. midanterior
  9. midanteriorly
  10. Midar
  11. midarch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: midan (page history and authors); Midan (page history and authors); maidan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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