Definitions
- 1.duelling grounds, battlefield
- 2.a type of physical competition or tournament organized in the medieval Balkans under the Ottoman Empire, typically including leaping, horseback riding, stone and lance throwing, etc.
- 3.regionalbattle, fight between two armies
- 4.regionalduel, battle between two people
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Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish میدان (Turkish meydan), from Persian میدان (meydân), from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān). Compare mèjdān.