maidan

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maidan - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Maidan \Mai*dan"\, n. [Written also midan, meidan, mydan,
     etc.] [Hind. & Per. maid[=a]n, fr. Ar. maid[=a]n.]
     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.            --M. Crawford.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]