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Medan

American  
[me-dahn] / mɛˈdɑn /

noun

  1. a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.


Medan British  
/ ˈmɛdɑːn /

noun

  1. a city in Indonesia, in NE Sumatra: seat of the University of North Sumatra (1952) and the Indonesian Islam University (1952). Pop: 1 904 273 (2000)

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In North Sumatra's Medan, an AFP photographer saw murky brown floodwaters at hip level, and residents asking drivers passing their inundated homes to drive slowly to avoid splashing them.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

The orangutan’s intriguing behavior was recorded in 2022 by Ulil Azhari, a co-author and field researcher at the Suaq Project in Medan, Indonesia.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024

Similar rallies were held Saturday in other major cities across the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, including in Bandung, Yogyakarta, Solo and Medan.

From Washington Times • Oct. 15, 2023

Deputy Information Minister Baba Medan told Reuters he could not comment immediately on the reported shutdown, as he was busy attending the opening of parliament.

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2021

After the rather dainty writing of his Contes à Ninon, Zola never reached such compression and clarity again until he wrote L'Attaque au Moulin, in Les Soirées de Medan.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James

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