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‖ maidan Indian.|maɪˈdɑːn| Also 7 maydan, medon, mei-, m(e)ydan, 7,9 midan, 9 maidaun. [Pers. maidān.] An open space in or near a town; an esplanade or parade-ground.
1625Purchas Pilgrims I. iv. 423 The Medon, which is a pleasant greene, in the middest whereof is a May-pole to hang a light on. 1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. v. (1669) 172 The Meydan, that is the great Market-place. Ibid. 178 The Market-place, or Maydan, is large and noble. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 249 The Midan, or open space before the Caun's Palace. 1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 189 Dum Dum..is a spacious cantonment, with an extensive maidaun, or esplanade. 1879A. Forbes Camps, Quarters, etc. (1896) 283 Before me on the maidan is the plain monument to Sir Mountstuart Jackson. 1882B. M. Croker Proper Pride II. i. 14 He..was galloping away over the moonlit midan. |