Euromaidan
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See also: Euromaidán and Euromaïdan
English
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Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Euromaidan
- 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.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]series of anti-government protests in Ukraine
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ukrainian Євромайда́н (Jevromajdán), from Євро́па (Jevrópa, “Europe”) + майда́н (majdán, “square”), named after Майда́н Незале́жності (Majdán Nezaléžnosti, “Independence Square”) in Kiev.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Euromaidan n or m
- Euromaidan (antigovernment protests in Ukrainein 2013 and 2014)
- Maidan Nezalezhnosti, the square in Kiev that was the site of antigovernment protests in 2013 and 2014
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