# Euromaidan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #72,285

## Definitions
1. A series of antigovernment protests in Ukraine that started in November 2013.

## Etymology
2013, from Ukrainian Євромайда́н (Jevromajdán), from Євро́па (Jevrópa, “Europe”) + майда́н (majdán, “square”), named after Майда́н Незале́жності (Majdán Nezaléžnosti, “Independence Square”) in Kyiv. Compare maidan.

## Source
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