English Explanatory Dictionary

Euromaidan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A series of antigovernment protests in Ukraine that started in November 2013.

Word forms

Euromaidan

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Maidan
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on E Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary