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Euromaidan
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Euromaidán Euromaïdan
English
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Etymology
2013, from en uk Євромайда́н 1, from uk Євро́па Europe + uk майда́н square, named after uk Майда́н Незале́жності Independence Square in Kyiv. Compare en maidan.
Proper noun
A series of antigovernment protests in Ukraine that started in November 2013.
en March 22 2014 Farid Guliyev; Nozima Akhrarkhodjaeva Why Ukraine’s Euromaidan is not spreading to other post-Soviet states 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
en Maidan
Translations
series of anti-government protests in Ukraine
Arabic: ar اَلمَيْدَان اَلأُورُوبِّيّ m, ar أُورُومَيْدَان m
Azerbaijani: az Avromeydan, az Авромејдан
Belarusian: be Еўрамайда́н m
Dutch: nl Euromaidan n m, nl Euromajdan n m
French: fr Euromaïdan m
German: de Euromaidan m, de Euromajdan m
Greek: el Ευρωμαϊντάν n
Hebrew: he יברומאידאן
Japanese: ja ユーロマイダン Yūromaidan
Kazakh: kk Еуромайдан
Korean: ko ^유로마이단
Mongolian: mn Евромайдан
Persian: fa یورومیدان yoromeydân
Polish: pl Euromajdan m
Portuguese: pt Euromaidan m, pt Revolução da Maidan m
Russian: ru Евромайда́н m
Spanish: es Euromaidán m
Tatar: tt Евромәйдан
Thai: th ยูโรไมดาน Yū ro mị dān
Turkish: tr Yevromaydan
Ukrainian: uk Євромайда́н m
en Ukraine European Union Ukrainian politics
Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Euromajdan
Etymology
Borrowed from nl uk Євромайда́н, from uk Євро́па Europe + uk майда́н square, named after uk Майда́н Незале́жності Independence Square in Kiev.
Pronunciation
nl /ˌøː.roː.maːi̯ˈdɑn/ /ˌøː.roː.mɑi̯ˈdɑn/
nl Eu ro mai dan
Proper noun
n,m
en Euromaidan antigovernment protests in Ukraine in 2013 and 2014
Maidan Nezalezhnosti, the square in Kiev that was the site of antigovernment protests in 2013 and 2014
nl Ukraine European Union