Euromaidan

2013, from Ukrainian Євромайда́н (Jevromajdán), from Євро́па (Jevrópa, “Europe”) + майда́н (majdán, “square”), named after Майда́н Незале́жності (Majdán Nezaléžnosti, “Independence Square”) in Kiev. Compare maidan.

Euromaidan

1. A series of antigovernment protests in Ukraine that started in November 2013.
   • 2014 March 22, Farid Guliyev, 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.

• Maidan

• Euromajdan

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌøː.roː.maːi̯ˈdɑn/, /ˌøː.roː.mɑi̯ˈdɑn/
• Hyphenation: Eu‧ro‧mai‧dan

Euromaidan n or m

1. Euromaidan (antigovernment protests in Ukrainein 2013 and 2014)
2. Maidan Nezalezhnosti, the square in Kiev that was the site of antigovernment protests in 2013 and 2014