Definition of Medan

1. Noun. A city in Indonesia; located in northeastern Sumatra.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Sumatra

Definition of Medan

1. Proper noun. A city on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Medan

Meckel's space
Meckel syndrome
Meckelian
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Meclomen
Meconopsis
Meconopsis betonicifolia
Meconopsis cambrica
Mecoptera
MedDRA
MedDRAs
Medaille Militaire
Medak
Medal of Honor
Medan (current term)
Medawar
Mede
Medea
Medean
Medellin
Medellin cartel
Medellín
Medes
Medford
Medgar Evers
Medgar Wiley Evers
Media
MediaWiki
Mediaeval Greek

Literary usage of Medan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide Through Netherlands India: Comp. by Order of the Koninklijke by Johan Frans van Bemmelen, G. B. Hooijer (1903)
"At Medan the line is divided into three branches: one to the left (on the east) runs to Serdang ... It was not till 1871 that Medan had a doctor of its own. ..."

2. Emile Zola: A Biographical and Critical Study by Robert Harborough Sherard (1893)
"Amongst the people who used to visit Zola at Medan were a number of young writers who had written stories, and the idea once came to one of them that a ..."

3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1866)
"... and we are but a little fraction of the vast aggregate of animal life which all in its proper proportion is doing the same thing. medan, ..."

4. Criminal Victimisation in the Developing World edited by Ugljesa Zvekic, Anna Alvazzi Del Frate (1996)
"The sample was divided among eight provinces as follows: Jakarta with 1000 respondents; Surabaya with 750 respondents; Medan with 400 respondents; ..."

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