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maidan
CIDE DICTIONARY
maidan, n. [Hind. & Per. maidān, fr. Ar. maidān.].
In various parts of Asia, an open space, as for military exercises, or for a market place; an open grassy tract; an esplanade.
"A gallop on the green maidan."
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
maidan, n. Anglo-Ind.
1 an open space in or near a town.
2 a parade-ground.
1 an open space in or near a town.
2 a parade-ground.
Etymology
Urdu f. Arab. maydan
ROGET THESAURUS
maidan
Plain
N plain, table-land, face of the country, open country, champaign country, basin, downs, waste, weary waste, desert, wild, steppe, pampas, savanna, prairie, heath, common, wold, veldt, moor, moorland, bush, plateau, campagna, alkali flat, llano, mesa, mesilla, playa, shaking prairie, trembling prairie, vega, meadow, mead, haugh, pasturage, park, field, lawn, green, plat, plot, grassplat, greensward, sward, turf, sod, heather, lea, ley, lay, grounds, maidan, agostadero, champaign, alluvial, campestral, campestrial, campestrian, campestrine.
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