can someone please explain me

Submitted by noelia on Mon, 2005-12-19 23:19.

hi, i'm from argentina, and recently i've find out that mi great-grandfathers were ukranians, my surname is maidan like your website, so i'll like to know what maidan means.I' ve read something about a square but i will like to know if maidan means something. if someone could help me i'll be very grateful.

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Meaning of the word 'Maidan'
Submitted by Olena (not verified) on Thu, 2005-12-22 10:18.

'Maidan' is a word that is shared in Ukrainian, Hindi, Turkish, Azerbajdzhani, and some Turkic languages and which means 'a place', or 'a square'.

The word has a subtle meaning, too. For example, in any town in Ukraine, Maidan would be the place where people would go to elect mayors, to form common statements of the community in addressing the government, and to protest injustice, abuse, or discrimination. Maidan is a place where people come together to achieve common goals.

http://www.maidan-int.org/about-us/

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More on "Majdan"
Submitted by ???? ??????? (not verified) on Sun, 2006-01-01 12:25.

You should also know that since the so-called "Orange Revolution", the "Majdan Nezalezhnosti" in Kyv took the value of a symbol of the popular resistance against coup de forces the government then in place tried to set up, and became the focus of attention of the whole world, seen by many as the point where people of a "small" country could resist the stances and interferences from imperialism via miscellaneous means coming from the "great neighbor".

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maidan simply means
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2006-10-24 04:28.

maidan simply means 'plaza'
very often it would mean a plaza located in the town center but technically could be any plaza

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