Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as maidan.

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  • noun An expanse of open space in or by a city or town.

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • The word edin is simply Sumerian for steppe, the garden a meidan, an enclosed agricultural area.

    A Dark And Hidden God Hal Duncan 2006

  • The word edin is simply Sumerian for steppe, the garden a meidan, an enclosed agricultural area.

    Archive 2006-02-01 Hal Duncan 2006

  • -- Once, he began, to the west of this valley lay the meidan of a powerful adonai, a man of fabulous wealth and power that stretched out all across this land.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Hal Duncan 2005

  • -- My father loved learning with a passion equaled only by his love for my mother, and he used this knowledge in the service of the adonai, keeper of his gardens, managing the meidan with care.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Hal Duncan 2005

  • -- Once, he began, to the west of this valley lay the meidan of a powerful adonai, a man of fabulous wealth and power that stretched out all across this land.

    The Face Of The Divine Hal Duncan 2005

  • -- My father loved learning with a passion equaled only by his love for my mother, and he used this knowledge in the service of the adonai, keeper of his gardens, managing the meidan with care.

    The Face Of The Divine Hal Duncan 2005

  • In the interval between the two batteries is seen the meidan or plain, at the extremity of which appears the balerong or hall where the sultan gives audience in public.

    The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795

  • We entered the state reception room, and the old ameer's little business divan, in a balcony commanding a view of the approaches in every direction, of the meidan for equestrian practice, of the inner courts, of the gardens below, and of a cascade of water rolling over lofty cliffs, at the exact distance whence the sound came gently soothing the ear, and from that spot also was obtained a distant view of the Mediterranean; not omitting the advantage of witnessing every important movement that could be made in the streets of Dair el Kamar, across the deep valley.

    Byeways in Palestine James Finn

  • At one meidan [Footnote 1: Meidan is the name given to a place where tar has been made. —

    The Diary of a Superfluous Man and other stories 2006

  • At one _meidan_ [Footnote 1: _Meidan_ is the name given to a place where tar has been made.

    The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

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