Maidan

Maidan or Maydan (Persian: میدان meidān) is a Persian word meaning "town square". It may refer to:

Places

Squares and parks

• Maidan (Kolkata), a park in Kolkata, India
• Maidan Nezalezhnosti, "Independence Square", the central square of Kiev, capital of Ukraine
• Maydan al-Shajara, a town square in Benghazi, Libya
• Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi, a playground in New Delhi, India
• Ramlila Maidan, Ghazipur, a playground in the centre of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, India
• Maidaan-e naqsh-e jehaan, or Naqsh-e Jahan Square, a square in the centre of Isfahan, Iran
• Taksim Meydanı, or Taksim Square, a square situated in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey

Towns and villages

• Maydan Ikbis, a small town in Syria
• Maydan, Kyrgyzstan, a town in Kyrgyzstan
• Maidan, Nepal, a municipality in southern Nepal
• Maidan Shar, the capital of Wardak province, Afghanistan
• Maidan, a village in Cacica Commune, Suceava County, Romania
• Maidan, the Romanian name for Majdanpek in Serbia

Other places

• Maidan (Tirah), a valley in Khyber Agency, Pakistan

Media

• Maidan Daily, an Urdu-language daily newspaper published in Peshawar, Pakistan
• Karaoke on the Maidan, a Ukrainian TV programme

Other uses

• Fateh Maidan ("Victory Square"), the original name of Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

See also

• Midan Tahrir (disambiguation)