Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An open space, or esplanade, in or near a town; an open grassy plain; a parade-ground; among the Arabs, a race-course, or a place for exercising horses. Also spelled
midaun .
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Examples
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The great _midan_ outside his bungalow was a seething mass of people; whose families were encamped -- the place resembled a huge fair.
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-- Encarnación, [83-6] ahí tienes: compra más trigo, que va a subir en los meses mayores, [83-7] y procura que lo midan bien.
Novelas Cortas Pedro Antonio de Alarc��n 1862
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Asimismo, en el informe se afirma que "en particular, no existen indicadores que midan la fabricación de nuevos medicamentos o la proporción de la población que tiene acceso a los medicamentos existentes", un "déficit significativo" en una estrategia cuyo fin es precisamente ese.
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Imagine the surprise and vexation of these people some two years after on seeing the identical Harry Esdale, who many believed they had seen buried, coolly smoking his cheroot in the mess verandah, or basking in smiles of the fair ones as they cantered gaily across the midan after the heat of the day had passed. "
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