Euromaidan

See also: Euromaidán

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 and 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.

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

Euromaidan n or m

  1. Euromaidan
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