Maidan

Maidan is an originally

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.^{[citation needed]}

Places

In the Persian and Central Asian space

• Maidaan-e naqsh-e jehaan or Naqsh-e Jahan Square, a square in the centre of Isfahan, Iran

Towns and villages in Iran:

• Meydan, Afghanistan, village in Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan
• Maydan, Kyrgyzstan, a town in Kyrgyzstan
• Maidan Shar, 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, a valley in Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
• Asramam Maidan, 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")
• Maidan (Kolkata), India, also referred to as the Brigade Parade Ground

In the former Ottoman / Mamluk space

• Meydan, Gölbaşı, a village in the district of Gölbaşı, Adıyaman Province, Turkey
• Meydan, Kurucaşile, a village in the district of Kurucaşile, Bartın Province, Turkey
• Sultanahmet Square
  (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), a village in North Banat District, Vojvodina province, Serbia
• Meidan Ekbis, 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 (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.^[3]

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)
• Staryi Maidan, 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, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Other uses in Ukraine

• Maidan (2014 film)
• Maidan People's Union, political party
• Euromaidan
  • Anti-Maidan
  • Anti-Maidan (Russia)
  • AutoMaidan
• February 2014 Maidan revolution
• Orange Revolution (sometimes referred to as a Maidan revolution)

See also

• Majdany, the plural form of Majdan.

Notes

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