town square
A town square (or square, plaza, public square, city square, urban square, or ''piazza'') is an open public space, commonly found in the heart of a traditional town but not necessarily a true geometric square, used for community gatherings. ...
or public
gathering place
A gathering place is any place where people are able to congregate. Gathering places may be public; for example, city streets, town squares, and parks; or private; for example, churches, coffee shops, stadiums, and theaters.
Examples of gatherin ...
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* Som ...
also borrowed . Its ultimate source is
Proto-Indo-European
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- compare
Avestan
Avestan (), or historically Zend, is an umbrella term for two Old Iranian languages: Old Avestan (spoken in the 2nd millennium BCE) and Younger Avestan (spoken in the 1st millennium BCE). They are known only from their conjoined use as the scri ...
,
Sanskrit
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() and Latin . Various versions include ''maydan'', ''midan'', ''meydan'', ''majdan'', ''mayadeen'' and ''maydān''. It also means field (मैदान) in Hindi. It became a loanword in other South Asian languages to give similar means, such as in Tamil in which the word is ''maidhanam''.
The broad geographical footprint of the use of ''Maidan'' in
toponymy
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of '' toponyms'' ( proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name o ...
, from Central Europe to South-East Asia, is a reflection of the Turkish rule in these areas.
Places
In the Persian and Central Asian space
*''Maidaan-e naqsh-e jehaan'' or
Naqsh-e Jahan Square
Naqsh-e Jahan Square ( fa, میدان نقش جهان ''Maidān-e Naghsh-e Jahān''; trans: "Image of the World Square"), also known as the Shah Square (میدان شاه) prior to 1979, is a square situated at the center of Isfahan, Iran. Const ...
, a square in the centre of Isfahan, Iran
Towns and villages in Iran:
* Meydan, Fars, Fars Province
* Meydan, Ilam, Ilam Province
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Meydan, Baft
Meydan ( fa, ميدان, also Romanized as Meydān) is a village in Khabar Rural District, in the Central District of Baft County
Baft County ( fa, شهرستان بافت) is in Kerman province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city ...
, Kerman Province
*
Meydan, Rabor
Meydan ( fa, ميدان, also Romanized as Meydān) is a village in Javaran Rural District, Hanza District, Rabor County
Rabor County ( fa, شهرستان رابر) is in Kerman province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Rabo ...
Meydan-e Mozaffarkhan
Meydan-e Mozaffarkhan ( fa, ميدان مظفرخان, also Romanized as Meydān-e Moz̧affarkhān; also known as Meydān) is a village in Siyah Mansur Rural District, in the Central District of Bijar County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 ...
Meydan Tarreh Barahvaz
Meydan Tarreh Barahvaz ( fa, ميدان تره باراهواز, also Romanized as Meydān Tarreh Bārāhvāz) is a village in Elhayi Rural District, in the Central District of Ahvaz County
Ahvaz County ( fa, شهرستان اهواز) is lo ...
*
Meydan Jiq, Malekan
Meydan Jiq ( fa, ميدانجيق, also Romanized as Meydān Jīq and Meydānjīq) is a village in Gavdul-e Markazi Rural District, in the Central District of Malekan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islam ...
*
Meydan-e Bozorg
Meydan-e Bozorg ( fa, ميدان بزرگ, also Romanized as Meydān-e Bozorg) is a village in Jayedar Rural District, in the Central District of Pol-e Dokhtar County, Lorestan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of ...
, Lorestan Province
*
Meydanlar
Meydanlar ( fa, ميدانلار, also Romanized as Meydānlār and Meydān-e Lār) is a village in Dodangeh Rural District, Hurand District, Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...
, East Azerbaijan Province
*
Meydan-e Khodaverdi
Meydan-e Khodaverdi ( fa, میدان خداوردی, also Romanized as Meydān-e Khodāverdī) is a village in Qilab Rural District, Alvar-e Garmsiri District, Andimeshk County
Andimeshk County ( fa, شهرستان اندیمشک, ''Shahrest ...
Ban Meydan-e Abdollah
Ban Meydan-e Abdollah ( fa, بان میدان عبدالله, also Romanized as Bān Meydān-e ‘Abdollāh; also known as Bāmīān ‘Abdollāh, Bānmeydān, and Bān Meydān-e Soflā) is a village in Cheleh Rural District, in the Central Distr ...
Eslamabad-e Sar Meydan
Eslamabad-e Sar Meydan ( fa, اسلام ابادسرميدان, also Romanized as Eslāmābād-e Sar Meydān; also known as Eslāmābād) is a village in Rameshk Rural District, Chah Dadkhoda District, Qaleh Ganj County
Qaleh Ganj County ( ...
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Kalateh-ye Meydan
Kalateh-ye Meydan ( fa, كلاته ميدان, also Romanized as Kalāteh-ye Meydān and Kalāteh Meydān) is a village in Sarvelayat Rural District, Sarvelayat District
Sarvelayat District ( fa, بخش سرولایت) is a district (bakhsh) in N ...
*
Qaleh Meydan (disambiguation) Qaleh Meydan or Qaleh-i-Maidan or Qaleh-ye Meydan or Qallah-i-Maidan ( fa, قلعه ميدان, link=no) may refer to:
* Qaleh-ye Meydan, Khuzestan
* Qaleh Meydan, Razavi Khorasan
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, various places
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Qezelejah Meydan
Qezelejah Meydan ( fa, قزلجه ميدان, also romanized as Qezelejah Meydān and Qezelejeh-ye Meydān) is a village in Shebli Rural District, in the Central District of Bostanabad County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Iran, of ...
*
Sang Dar Meydan (disambiguation) Sang Dar Meydan ( fa, سنگ درميان, link=no) may refer to:
* Sang Dar Meydan-e Olya
* Sang Dar Meydan-e Sofla
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, various places
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Sarmeydan (disambiguation)
Sarmeydan ( fa, سرميدان, also Romanized as Sarmeydān) is a village in Vardasht Rural District, in the Central District of Semirom County
Semirom County ( fa, شهرستان سمیرم) is in Isfahan province, Isfahan province, Iran. ...
, various places
*
Soltan Meydan
Soltan Meydan ( fa, سلطان ميدان, also Romanized as Solţān Meydān and Sultān Maidān) is a village in Sarvelayat Rural District, Sarvelayat District, Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the ...
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Tak Meydan
Tak Meydan ( fa, تك ميدان, also Romanized as Tak Meydān; also known as Tak Meydūn) is a village in Kakhk Rural District
Kakhk Rural District ( fa, دهستان كاخك) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Kakhk District, Gonabad Count ...
Maidan Shar
Maidan Shar ( ps, میدانښار, Maidānkhār; fa, میدانشار, Maidānshār), also Maidan Shahr or simply Maidan, is the capital of Maidan Wardak province in central Afghanistan. Its population was estimated to be 35,008 in 2003, of wh ...
, the capital of Wardak province, Afghanistan
* Mehraneh river (Meydan Chayi), a river in Tabriz, Iran
*''Tavisuplebis Moedani'' or
Freedom Square, Tbilisi
Freedom Square or Liberty Square is located in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, at the eastern end of Rustaveli Avenue. (In Georgian, it is თავისუფლების მოედანი ''Tavisuplebis moedani'', pronounced ).
Under ...
, the central square of Tbilisi, Georgia
In South Asia and Southeast Asia
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Maidan (Tirah) Maidan, or Tirah Maidan, is a remote valley located in the Tirah region in Khyber Agency, Pakistan.
Description
Maidan lies at an elevation of about 7,400 ft (2,300 m), close under the snow-bound Spin Ghar mountain range, which separates it f ...
, a remote valley in Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
* Maidan, Nepal, a municipality in southern Nepal
* Maidan, Lower Dir District, a valley in Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
* Asramam Maidan, the first airport of Kerala state, in Kollam, India
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Medan
Medan (; English: ) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra, as well as a regional hub and financial centre of Sumatra. According to the National Development Planning Agency, Medan is one of the four ma ...
, Indonesia - capital city of North Sumatra province
* Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India, originally named ''Fateh Maidan'' ("Victory Square")
In the former Ottoman / Mamluk space
*
Meydan, Gölbaşı
Meydan is a village in the Gölbaşı District, Adıyaman, Gölbaşı District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. Its population is 372 (2021).
References
Villages in Gölbaşı District, Adıyaman Province
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, a village in the district of Gölbaşı, Adıyaman Province, Turkey
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Meydan, Kurucaşile
Meydan is a village in the Kurucaşile District, Bartın Province
Bartın Province ( tr, ), a small province in northern Turkey on the Black Sea, surrounds the city of Bartın. It lies to the east of Zonguldak Province.
The town of Bartın c ...
, a village in the district of Kurucaşile, Bartın Province, Turkey
*
Sultanahmet Square
Sultanahmet Square ( tr, Sultanahmet Meydanı) or the Hippodrome of Constantinople ( el, Ἱππόδρομος τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, Hippódromos tēs Kōnstantinoupóleōs; la, Circus Maximus Constantinopolitanus; t ...
(''Sultanahmet Meydanı''), formerly ''Atmeydanı'' ("Horse Square"), in the center of Istanbul, Turkey
:*''Taksim Meydanı'' or
Taksim Square
Taksim Square ( tr, Taksim Meydanı, ), situated in Beyoğlu in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey, is a major tourist and leisure district famed for its restaurants, shops, and hotels. It is considered the heart of modern Istanbul, with the c ...
, another central public square in Istanbul, Turkey
*''Midan at-Tahrir'' or
Tahrir Square
Tahrir Square ( ar, ميدان التحرير ', , English: Liberation Square), also known as "Martyr Square", is a major public town square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. The square has been the location and focus for political demonstrations in Ca ...
, the central public space of Cairo, Egypt
:*the esplanade formerly known as ''Maydan'' or Hippodrome outside the
Cairo Citadel
The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin ( ar, قلعة صلاح الدين, Qalaʿat Salāḥ ad-Dīn) is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo, Egypt, built by Salah ad-Din (Saladin) and further developed by subsequent Egyptian rule ...
Al-Midan
Al-Midan ( ar, حي الميدان) is a neighbourhood and municipality in Damascus, Syria, south of the old walled city and near the modern city centre. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456. Today, the neighbourhood is often ...
, neighbourhood and municipality in Damascus, Syria
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Maydan al Shajara
Maydan al-Shajara (Arabic: ميدان الشجرة; '' en, The Tree Square''), is a major town square in Benghazi, the second largest city in Libya. A large native Atlas Cedar tree was located in the center of the square, giving it its name. Th ...
, a town square in Benghazi, Libya
* Tašmajdan Park, a major public space in Belgrade, Serbia
* Dubai Meydan City, United Arab Emirates
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Meydan Racecourse
Meydan Racecourse is a racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The grandstand is over a mile in length, and can accommodate over 60,000 spectators.
Meydan opened on 27 March 2010, replacing Nad Al Sheba Racecourse, which formerly occu ...
, a horse racetrack
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Entisar Tower
Entisar Tower is a skyscraper to be built as a centrepiece of Dubai Meydan City, in Dubai
Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, th ...
(Meydan Tower), skyscraper to be built in the city
*''Maidan'', the Romanian name for
Majdanpek
Majdanpek ( sr-cyr, Мајданпек; ro, Maidan) is a town and municipality located in the Bor District of the eastern Serbia, and is not far from the border of Romania. According to 2011 census, the municipality of Majdanpek had a populatio ...
in Serbia
*''Mïdän at Taḥrǐr'' or
Tahrir Square
Tahrir Square ( ar, ميدان التحرير ', , English: Liberation Square), also known as "Martyr Square", is a major public town square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. The square has been the location and focus for political demonstrations in Ca ...
, Alexandria, Egypt
* Tahrir Square, Sanaa, or ''Maidan at-Tahrir'', in Sanaa, Yemen
In Poland
Poland took up the word ''majdan'' from its numerous exchanges with the Ottoman and other Persianate-influenced cultures.
* Majdan, Gmina Wojsławice in Lublin Voivodeship
* Majdan, Gmina Żmudź in Lublin Voivodeship
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Majdan, Hrubieszów County
Majdan () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dołhobyczów, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. It lies approximately south of Dołhobyczów, south of Hrubieszów, ...
in Lublin Voivodeship
*
Majdan, Janów Lubelski County
Majdan () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Modliborzyce, within Janów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Modliborzyce, west of Janów Lubelski, and south of the regi ...
in Lublin Voivodeship
*
Majdan, Białystok County
Majdan () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Michałowo, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussi ...
Majdan, Tomaszów Lubelski County
Majdan () is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Telatyn, within Tomaszów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Telatyn, east of Tomaszów Lubelski, and south-east of the r ...
in Lublin Voivodeship
*
Majdan, Lesko County
Majdan () is a hamlet, a part of Cisna village, in the administrative district of Gmina Cisna, within Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately west of Cisna, sou ...
in Subcarpathian Voivodeship
*
Majdan, Garwolin County
Majdan () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trojanów
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Gmina Trojanów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Trojanów, G ...
in Masovian Voivodeship
*
Majdan, Mińsk County
Majdan () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Siennica, within Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship
The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in east ...
in Masovian Voivodeship
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Majdan, Ostrołęka County
Majdan () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Baranowo, within Ostrołęka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Baranowo, north-west of Ostrołęka, and north of Warsaw
...
in Masovian Voivodeship
*
Majdan, Otwock County
Majdan () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wiązowna, within Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wiązowna, north of Otwock, and east of Warsaw
Warsaw ( p ...
in Masovian Voivodeship
*
Majdan, Gmina Łochów
Majdan () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łochów
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Gmina Łochów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Węgrów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łochów, ...
in Masovian Voivodeship
*
Majdan, Gmina Stoczek
Majdan () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stoczek, within Węgrów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Węgrów and north-east of Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ...
in Masovian Voivodeship
*
Majdan, Gmina Wierzbno
Majdan () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzbno
__NOTOC__
Gmina Wierzbno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Węgrów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Wierzbno, whi ...
in Masovian Voivodeship
*
Majdan, Wołomin County
Majdan () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wołomin, within Wołomin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Wołomin and north-east of Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), of ...
*Maidan, a village in Cacica Commune, Suceava County
*''Maidan'', the former name of Brădișoru de Jos village, Oravița Town, Caraș-Severin County
In Ukraine
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Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Maidan Nezalezhnosti ( uk, Майдан Незалежності , literally "Independence Square") is the central square of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. One of the city's main squares, it is located on Khreshchatyk Street in the Shevchen ...
(Майдан Незалежності) or Independence Square, the central square of
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
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Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Maidan Nezalezhnosti ( uk, Майдан Незалежності , literally "Independence Square") is the central square of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. One of the city's main squares, it is located on Khreshchatyk Street in the Shevchen ...
Maidan Pratsi (Kryvyi Rih Metrotram)
Maidan Pratsi ( uk, Майдан Працi; russian: Площадь Труда, translit=Ploschad` Truda) is a station on the Kryvyi Rih Metrotram. Opened on 29 December 1986, it was the original northern terminus of the system and remains the t ...
Berehomet
Berehomet ( ro, Bеrhomet pe Siret, german: Berhometh, uk, Берегомет), is an urban-type settlement in Vyzhnytsia Raion (district) of Chernivtsi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Berehomet settlement ...
rural hromada, Vyzhnytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast
*Maidan, a village in Vyzhnytsia urban hromada,
Vyzhnytsia Raion
Vyzhnytsia Raion ( uk, Вижницький район) is an administrative raion (district) in the southern part of Chernivtsi Oblast, located in the historical region of Bukovina, in western Ukraine, on the Romanian border. The region has an ar ...
, Chernivtsi Oblast
*Maidan, a village in Tysmenytsia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Other uses in Ukraine
*
Maidan (2014 film)
''Maidan'' ( uk, Майдан) is a 2014 documentary film, directed by Sergei Loznitsa. It focuses on the Euromaidan movement of 2013 and 2014 in Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Ukraine's capital Kyiv. It was filmed during the p ...
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Maidan People's Union
The Maidan People's Union ( uk, Народне об'єднання "Майдан", translit=Narodne obiednannya "Maidan") is an alliance in Ukraine formed by several political parties and non-partisan individuals and public organizations on the fif ...
, political party
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Euromaidan
Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of Political demonstration, demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protes ...
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Anti-Maidan
The anti-Maidan ( uk, Антимайда́н, Antymaidan; russian: Антимайдан, Antimaydan) refers to a number of pro-Russian demonstrations in Ukraine in 2013 and 2014 that were directed against Euromaidan and later the new Ukrainian g ...
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Anti-Maidan (Russia)
The Anti-Maidan (russian: Антимайдан; ''Antimaydan'') is a Russian social movement created in 2015.AutoMaidan
*
February 2014 Maidan revolution
The Revolution of Dignity ( uk, Революція гідності, translit=Revoliutsiia hidnosti) also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution,
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Orange Revolution
The Orange Revolution ( uk, Помаранчева революція, translit=Pomarancheva revoliutsiia) was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate afterm ...