Euromaidan

See also: Euromaidán and Euromaïdan

English

Euromaidan

Etymology

2013, from Ukrainian Євромайда́н (Jevromajdán), from Євро́па (Jevrópa, “Europe”) + майда́н (majdán, “square”), named after Майда́н Незале́жності (Majdán Nezaléžnosti, “Independence Square”) in Kiev. Compare maidan.

Proper noun

Euromaidan

1. A series of antigovernment protests in Ukraine that started in November 2013.
   • 2014 March 22, Farid Guliyev, Nozima Akhrarkhodjaeva, “Why Ukraine’s Euromaidan is not spreading to other post-Soviet states”, in Washington Post:

     Large-scale protests, like Euromaidan or the Arab Spring, tend to occur in waves clustered in time and space through the processes of cross-country political contention or diffusion.

   • 2016, January 7, Taras Kuzio, "Euromaidan Dreams Deferred", in Foreign Affairs Snapshot

     At the heart of the Orange and Euromaidan revolutions was a demand by average Ukrainians for justice and dignity.

   • 2016, June 1, Adam Hinton interviewed by Laura Snoad, "Adam Hinton's best photograph: an artist painting amid the Kiev uprising", The Guardian

     In February 2014, it felt like the Euromaidan protests in Kiev's Independence Square, demanding closer integration with Europe, were reaching a peak.

Synonyms

• Maidan

Translations

series of anti-government protests in Ukraine

• Azerbaijani: Avromeydan, Авромејдан
• Belarusian: Еўрамайда́н m (Jeŭramajdán)
• Dutch: Euromaidan n or m, Euromajdan n or m
• French: Euromaïdan (fr) m
• German: Euromaidan m, Euromajdan m
• Hebrew: יברומאידאן
• Japanese: ユーロマイダン (Yūromaidan)
• Kazakh: Еуромайдан (Euromaidan)
• Korean: 유로마이단 (Yuromaidan)
• Mongolian: Евромайдан (Jevromajdan)
• Persian: یورومیدان (yoromeydân)
• Russian: Евромайда́н (ru) m (Jevromajdán)
• Spanish: Euromaidán m
• Tatar: Евромәйдан (Yewromäydan)
• Thai: ยูโรไมดาน (Yū ro mị dān)
• Turkish: Yevromaydan
• Ukrainian: Євромайда́н m (Jevromajdán)

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Euromajdan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Євромайда́н (Jevromajdán), from Євро́па (Jevrópa, “Europe”) + майда́н (majdán, “square”), named after Майда́н Незале́жності (Majdán Nezaléžnosti, “Independence Square”) in Kiev.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌøː.roː.maːi̯ˈdɑn/, /ˌøː.roː.mɑi̯ˈdɑn/
• Hyphenation: Eu‧ro‧mai‧dan

Proper noun

Euromaidan n or m

1. Euromaidan (antigovernment protests in Ukrainein 2013 and 2014)
2. Maidan Nezalezhnosti, the square in Kiev that was the site of antigovernment protests in 2013 and 2014