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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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Left homeless by the floods, she was looking for a way to reach relatives in the city of Medan.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 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

The first confirmed case was a 37-year-old male who was from the city of Medan and had visited a restaurant in Jakarta's central business district earlier this month, Tarmizi told a news conference.

From Reuters • Dec. 28, 2021

Yet Richmond had written over the portals of its society: Who enters here no spouse must leave behind! and the law was of the Medan.

From Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by DeLeon, T. C.