Meanings
- A series of antigovernment protests in Ukraine that started in November 2013.
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.
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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.
2014 March 22, Farid Guliyev, Nozima Akhrarkhodjaeva, “Why Ukraine’s Euromaidan is not spreading to other post-Soviet states”, in Washington Post2016, 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: Maidan
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA series of antigovernment protests in Ukraine that started in November 2013.
Origin
2013, from Ukrainian Євромайда́н (Jevromajdán), from Євро́па (Jevrópa, “Europe”) + майда́н (majdán, “square”), named after Майда́н Незале́жності (Majdán Nezaléžnosti, “Independence Square”) in Kyiv. Compare maidan.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اَلمَيْدَان اَلأُورُوبِّيّ, أُورُومَيْدَان
- اَلمَيْدَان اَلأُورُوبِّيّ (al-maydān al-ʔūrūbbiyy)series of anti-government protests in Ukraine
- أُورُومَيْدَان (ʔūrūmaydān)series of anti-government protests in Ukraine
Dutch Euromaidan, Euromajdan
- Euromaidanseries of anti-government protests in Ukraine
- Euromajdanseries of anti-government protests in Ukraine
French Euromaïdan
- Euromaïdanseries of anti-government protests in Ukraine
German Euromaidan, Euromajdan
- Euromaidanseries of anti-government protests in Ukraine
- Euromajdanseries of anti-government protests in Ukraine
Greek Ευρωμαϊντάν
- Ευρωμαϊντάν (Evromaïntán)series of anti-government protests in Ukraine
Hebrew יברומאידאן
- יברומאידאןseries of anti-government protests in Ukraine
Japanese ユーロマイダン
- ユーロマイダン (Yūromaidan)series of anti-government protests in Ukraine
Korean 유로마이단
- 유로마이단 (Yuromaidan)series of anti-government protests in Ukraine
Persian یورومیدان
- یورومیدان (yoromeydân)series of anti-government protests in Ukraine
Polish Euromajdan
- Euromajdanseries of anti-government protests in Ukraine
Portuguese Euromaidan, Revolução da Maidan
- Euromaidanseries of anti-government protests in Ukraine
- Revolução da Maidanseries of anti-government protests in Ukraine
Russian Евромайда́н
- Евромайда́н (Jevromajdán)series of anti-government protests in Ukraine
Spanish Euromaidán
- Euromaidánseries of anti-government protests in Ukraine
Thai ยูโรไมดาน
- ยูโรไมดาน (Yū ro mị dān)series of anti-government protests in Ukraine
Turkish Yevromaydan
- Yevromaydanseries of anti-government protests in Ukraine
Ukrainian Євромайда́н
- Євромайда́н (Jevromajdán)series of anti-government protests in Ukraine
Cite this entry
Euromaidan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Euromaidan
“Euromaidan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Euromaidan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Euromaidan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Euromaidan.
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