Medan

[me-dahn]

noun

a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.

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Examples from the Web for medan

But, unlike Rabbi Lichtenstein, Rabbi Medan is on the right wing of the settler movement.
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I have no idea what's next," said activist Nadine Wahab, as she stood in the roundabout, called the "medan.
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He sent a letter, asking me to come to Medan, he would talk to me about the "Confessions."
Confessions of a Young Man|George Moore
After crossing Poissy, they struck out on foot along the road to Medan.
Original Short Stories, Volume 9 (of 13)|Guy de Maupassant

There was a bioscope, of course; there is always a bioscope; we had found one even in the tiny town of Medan, in Sumatra.
Appearances|Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
Both persons have been taken prisoners and sent to Medan, where they will be fried for having broken Holland's neutrality.
Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914|Various
And the last Flash-light of Fear is that of the baby in Medan.
Flash-lights from the Seven Seas|William L. Stidger

British Dictionary definitions for medan

Medan

noun

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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