maidanez

Romanian

maidanezi

Etymology

From maidan (open space) + -ez.

Noun

maidanez m (plural maidanezi)

  1. (familiar) stray dog, feral dog
    • 2015 March 18, Cristina Răduţă, “Bucureştiul a rămas fără maidanezi”, in Adevărul:
      După aproape 18 luni de muncă la foc continuu, reprezentanţii Autorităţii pentru Supravegherea şi Protecţia Animalelor (ASPA) din cadrul Primăriei Capitalei au anunţat că pe străzile Bucureştiului mai umblă liberi în acest moment puţin peste 1.000 de maidanezi.
      After almost 18 months of non-stop working, the representatives of the Authority for the Surveillance and Protection of Animals (ASPA) of the capital's city hall have announced that at this moment a little more than 1000 stray dogs are still walking about freely on the streets of Bucarest.

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