English
Euromaidan
Euromaidan comes from Ukrainian Євромайда́н.
- UkrainianmodernЄвромайда́н
- Englishearliest quotation 2014Euromaidan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- UkrainianmodernЄвромайда́н
- Englishearliest quotation 2014Euromaidan
Earliest quotation: 2014, Farid Guliyev, Why Ukraine’s Euromaidan is not spreading to other post-Sovi: “Large-scale protests, like Euromaidan or the Arab Spring, tend…”
A compound of Євро́па ‘Europe’ + майда́н ‘square’
Doric Greek Εὐρώπα
Latin Europa
Ukrainian Євро́па ‘Europe’
Old Ruthenian майда́нъ
Ukrainian майда́н ‘square’
The story
2013, from Ukrainian Євромайда́н (Jevromajdán), from Євро́па (Jevrópa, “Europe”) + майда́н (majdán, “square”), named after Майда́н Незале́жності (Majdán Nezaléžnosti, “Independence Square”) in Kyiv.
Every English word from Ukrainian Євромайда́н
Today it means
name A series of antigovernment protests in Ukraine that started in November 2013.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ukrainian Євромайда́н / Euromaidan