meidan

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Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK, US) IPA: /maɪˈdɑːn/, /mædˈɑːn/

Noun [edit]

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

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