Maidan

The broad geographical footprint of the use of Maidan in toponymy, from Central Europe to South-East Asia, is a reflection of the Turkish rule in these areas.

Places

In Eastern West Asia, and Southern Central Asia

• Maidaan-e naqsh-e jahaan or Naqsh-e Jahan Square, a historic square in central Isfahan, Iran

Towns and villages in Iran:

• Meydan, Fars, Fars Province
• Meydan, Ilam, Ilam Province
• Meydan, Baft, Kerman Province
• Meydan, Rabor, Kerman Province
• Meydan, Harsin, Kermanshah Province
• Meydan, Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province
• Meydan, Sonqor, Kermanshah Province
• Meydan, Khuzestan, Khuzestan Province
• Meydan, Dorud, Khuzestan Province
• Meydan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
• Meydan-e Mozaffarkhan, Kurdistan
• Meydan, West Azerbaijan
• Meydan-e Olya, West Azerbaijan Province
• Meydan-e Sofla, West Azerbaijan Province
• Meydan Khalaf
• Meydan Tarreh Barahvaz
• Meydan Jiq, Malekan
• Meydan-e Bozorg, Lorestan Province
• Meydanlar, East Azerbaijan Province
• Meydan-e Khodaverdi
• Meydan-e Tafalli
• Ban Meydan-e Abdollah
• Chal Meydan
• Eslamabad-e Sar Meydan
• Kalateh-ye Meydan
• Qaleh Meydan (disambiguation), various places
• Qezelejah Meydan
• Sang Dar Meydan (disambiguation), various places
• Sarmeydan
• Soltan Meydan
• Tak Meydan

• Meydan, Afghanistan, village in Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan
• Maydan, Kyrgyzstan, a town in Kyrgyzstan
• Maidan Shar, the capital of Maidan Wardak province, north-eastern Afghanistan
• Mehraneh river (Meydan Chayi), a river in north-western Tabriz, Iran
• Tavisuplebis Moedani or Freedom Square, Tbilisi, the central square of Tbilisi, Georgia

In South Asia and Southeast Asia

• Maidan (Tirah), a remote valley in Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
• Maidan, Nepal, a municipality in southern Nepal
• Maidan, Lower Dir District, a valley in Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
• Asramam Maidan, the first airport of Kerala state, in Kollam, India
• Medan, Indonesia – capital city of North Sumatra province
• Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India, originally named Fateh Maidan ("Victory Square")
• Maidan (Kolkata), India, also referred to as the Brigade Parade Ground

In the rest of West Asia

• Meydan, Gölbaşı, a village in the district of Gölbaşı, Adıyaman Province, Turkey
• Meydan, Kurucaşile, a village in the district of Kurucaşile, Bartın Province, Turkey
• Sultanahmet Square (Sultanahmet Meydanı), formerly Atmeydanı ("Horse Square"), in the center of Istanbul, Turkey
  • Taksim Meydanı or Taksim Square, another central public square in Istanbul, Turkey
• Midan at-Tahrir or Tahrir Square, the central public space of Cairo, Egypt
  • The esplanade formerly known as Maydan or Hippodrome outside the Cairo Citadel
• Majdan (Novi Kneževac), a village in North Banat District, Vojvodina province, Serbia
• Meidan Ekbis, a small town in Syria
• Al-Midan, neighbourhood and municipality in Damascus, Syria
• Maydan al Shajara, a town square in Benghazi, Libya
• Tašmajdan Park, a major public space in Belgrade, Serbia
• Dubai Meydan City, United Arab Emirates
  • Meydan Racecourse, a horse racetrack
  • Entisar Tower (Meydan Tower), skyscraper to be built in the city
• Maidan, the Romanian name for Majdanpek in Serbia
• Mïdän at Taḥrǐr or Tahrir Square, Alexandria, Egypt
• Tahrir Square, Sanaa, or Maidan at-Tahrir, in Sanaa, Yemen
• Al-Maidan Square, Baghdad, Iraq
  • Al-Maidan Mosque, the main mosque located in the square

In Poland

Poland took up the word majdan from its numerous exchanges with the Ottoman and other Persianate-influenced cultures.

• Majdan, Gmina Wojsławice in Lublin Voivodeship
• Majdan, Gmina Żmudź in Lublin Voivodeship
• Majdan, Hrubieszów County in Lublin Voivodeship
• Majdan, Janów County in Lublin Voivodeship
• Majdan, Białystok County in Podlaskie Voivodeship
• Majdan, Hajnówka County in Podlaskie Voivodeship
• Majdan, Suwałki County in Podlaskie Voivodeship
• Majdan, Gmina Telatyn, Tomaszów County in Lublin Voivodeship
• Majdan, Lesko County in Subcarpathian Voivodeship
• Majdan, Garwolin County in Masovian Voivodeship
• Majdan, Mińsk County in Masovian Voivodeship
• Majdan, Ostrołęka County in Masovian Voivodeship
• Majdan, Otwock County in Masovian Voivodeship
• Majdan, Gmina Łochów in Masovian Voivodeship
• Majdan, Gmina Stoczek in Masovian Voivodeship
• Majdan, Gmina Wierzbno in Masovian Voivodeship
• Majdan, Wołomin County in Masovian Voivodeship
• Majdan, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

In Romania

• Maidan, a village in Cacica Commune, Suceava County
• Maidan, the former name of Brădișoru de Jos village, Oravița Town, Caraș-Severin County

In Ukraine

• Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Майдан Незалежності) or Independence Square, the central square of Kyiv
  • Maidan Nezalezhnosti, a metro station on line M2
• Maidan Konstytutsii (Kharkiv Metro), or Constitution Square, a metro station in Kharkiv
• Maidan Pratsi (Kryvyi Rih Metrotram)
• Staryi Maidan, village in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
• Viche Maidan (Ivano-Frankivsk), a city square
• Maidan, a village in Berehomet rural hromada, Vyzhnytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast
• Maidan, a village in Vyzhnytsia urban hromada, Vyzhnytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast
• Maidan, a village in Cherkaske settlement hromada, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast
• Maidan, a village in Tysmenytsia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast