meidan

WOTD - 10 January 2010    

English

Alternative forms

• maidan

Etymology

From Persian میدان (meydân), from Arabic ميدان (maydān).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /maɪˈdɑːn/, /mædˈɑːn/

Noun

meidan (plural meidans)

1. (chiefly India and Pakistan) An expanse of open space in or by a city or town.
   • 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber, page 84

     Below on the amorphous brown-violet meidan by the railway station

Anagrams

• aidmen
• Damien
• demain
• maiden
• median, Median
• medina, Medina