The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MAIDAN
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What does MAIDAN mean?
MAIDAN noun- A marketplace or other open space in or by a city or town; an esplanade.
- Independence Square, the main city square in Kiev, Ukraine.
- The Orange Revolution protests that took place in Kiev’s Maidan in 2004–05; the Euromaidan protests of 2013–14; the protest movement associated with the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution.