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Maidan is an originally Persian word for a town square or public gathering place, adopted by various other languages: Urdu (''maidān''); Arabic (''maydān'');
Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...
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Bangla Bangla (Bengali: বাংলা) may refer to: *Bengali language, an eastern Indo-Aryan language *The endonym of Bengal, a geographical and ethno-linguistic region in South Asia *''Bangla-'', a prefix indicating Bangladesh Businesses and organ ...
ময়দান, meaning field, and Crimean Tatar, from which Ukrainian also borrowed . Its ultimate source is Proto-Indo-European - 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 scrip ...
, Sanskrit () 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, 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 (city), Isfah ...
, a square in the centre of
Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
, Iran Towns and villages in Iran: * Meydan, Fars, Fars Province *
Meydan, Ilam Meydan ( fa, ميدان, also Romanized as Meydān; also known as Meydān-e Mīsh Khāş) is a village in Mishkhas Rural District, in the Sivan District of Ilam County, Ilam Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 869, in 172 famili ...
, Ilam Province *
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 ...
, Kerman Province * Meydan, Harsin, Kermanshah Province * Meydan, Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province * Meydan, Sonqor, Kermanshah Province * Meydan, Khuzestan, Khuzestan Province * Meydan, Dorud, Khuzestan Province * Meydan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad * Meydan-e Mozaffarkhan, Kurdistan * Meydan, West Azerbaijan * Meydan-e Olya, West Azerbaijan Province * Meydan-e Sofla, West Azerbaijan Province * Meydan Khalaf *
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-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 ...
* Meydan-e Tafalli *
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 ...
* Chal Meydan *
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 ...
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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 {{geodis ...
, various places *
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 ...
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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 {{geodis ...
, various places *
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 ...
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Meydan, Afghanistan Meydan, Afghanistan is a village in Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan. See also *Balkh Province Balkh (Dari: , ''Balx'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country. It is divided into 15 districts ...
, village in Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan *
Maydan, Kyrgyzstan , pushpin_map = Kyrgyzstan , mapsize = 200px , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Kyrgyzstan , subdivision_type1 = Region , subdivision_name1 = Batken Region , subdivis ...
, a town in Kyrgyzstan *
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 whic ...
, the capital of Wardak province, Afghanistan * Mehraneh river (Meydan Chayi), a river in Tabriz, Iran *''Tavisuplebis Moedani'' or Freedom Square, Tbilisi, the central square of Tbilisi, Georgia


In South Asia and Southeast Asia

* Maidan (Tirah), a remote valley in Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan * Maidan, Nepal, a municipality in southern Nepal *
Maidan, Lower Dir District Maidan is a valley in the Lower Dir District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The inhabitants of Maidan are Pashtuns. The most numerous tribe living in Maidan is Ismailzai or Samelzai. It is one of the four clans of Tarkani also ca ...
, a valley in Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan *
Asramam Maidan The Asramam Maidanam or Ashramam Maithanam is an urban park, or ''maidhanam'', in the city of Kollam, in Kerala, India. At , it is the largest open space within Kerala Municipal Corporation limits. The ''maidan'' is considered one of the green l ...
, the first airport of Kerala state, in Kollam, India * Medan, 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

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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 {{Adıyaman-geo-stub ...
, a village in the district of Gölbaşı, Adıyaman Province, Turkey *
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, another central public square in Istanbul, Turkey *''Midan at-Tahrir'' or Tahrir Square, the central public space of Cairo, Egypt :*the esplanade formerly known as ''Maydan'' or Hippodrome outside the Cairo Citadel *
Majdan (Novi Kneževac) Majdan ( sr-cyr, Мајдан, hu, Magyarmajdány) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Novi Kneževac municipality, in the North Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority (85.95%) and its populati ...
, a village in North Banat District, Vojvodina province, Serbia *
Meidan Ekbis Meidan Ekbis ( ar, ميدان اكبس) or Maydan Ikbis or Midan Akbas, is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Afrin District of Aleppo Governorate, located north of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Afrin and Rajo to the sou ...
, a small town in Syria * Al-Midan, neighbourhood and municipality in Damascus, Syria * Maydan al Shajara, a town square in Benghazi, Libya * Tašmajdan Park, a major public space in Belgrade, Serbia * Dubai Meydan City, United Arab Emirates ** Meydan Racecourse, a horse racetrack **
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 in Serbia *''Mïdän at Taḥrǐr'' or Tahrir Square, 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 Majdan () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wojsławice, within Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province (Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship (province) of ...
in Lublin Voivodeship *
Majdan, Gmina Żmudź Majdan () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żmudź, within Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province (Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship (province) of Pol ...
in Lublin Voivodeship *
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 ...
in Podlaskie Voivodeship *
Majdan, Hajnówka County Majdan () is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south of Hajnówka and south-east of the ...
in Podlaskie Voivodeship *
Majdan, Suwałki County Majdan () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szypliszki, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania. It lies approximately north of Szypliszki, north of Suwałki, a ...
in Podlaskie Voivodeship *
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, south ...
in Subcarpathian Voivodeship *
Majdan, Garwolin County Majdan () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trojanów __NOTOC__ 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 *
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 __NOTOC__ 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, ), offic ...
in Masovian Voivodeship * Majdan, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship


In Romania

*Maidan, a village in Cacica Commune, Suceava County *''Maidan'', the former name of Brădișoru de Jos village, Oravița Town, Caraș-Severin County


In Ukraine

* Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Майдан Незалежності) or Independence Square, the central square of Kyiv ** Maidan Nezalezhnosti, a metro station on line M2 * Maidan Konstytutsii (Kharkiv Metro), or Constitution Square, a metro station in Kharkiv *
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 ...
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Staryi Maidan Staryi Maidan ( uk, Старий Майдан), formerly Starozakrevskyi Maidan until 1938 ( uk, Старозакревський Майдан, label=none, literally "Old Zakrevsky Maidan", maidan meaning "public square"), is a village located betwe ...
, village in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast * Viche Maidan (Ivano-Frankivsk), a city square *Maidan, a village in Berehomet rural hromada, Vyzhnytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast *Maidan, a village in Vyzhnytsia urban hromada, Vyzhnytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast *Maidan, a village in
Tysmenytsia Raion Tysmenytsia Raion ( uk, Ти́сменицький райо́н, translit=Tysmenyćkyj rajon) was an raion, administrative raion (raion, district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (oblast, province) in western Ukraine. It was created on December 8, 1966, ...
, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast


Other uses in Ukraine

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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 ...
* Maidan People's Union, political party *
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 ...
** Anti-Maidan **
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,
* Orange Revolution (sometimes referred to as a Maidan revolution)


See also

* Majdany, the plural form of Majdan.


Notes

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