medina

¹

[ muh-dee-nuh ]

noun

1. the old Arab quarter of a North African city.

Medina

²

[ muh-dee-nuh muh-dahy-nuh ]

noun

1. a city in W Saudi Arabia, where Muhammad was first accepted as the supreme Prophet from Allah and where his tomb is located.
2. a town in N Ohio.

Medina

¹

/ mɛˈdiːnə /

noun

1. a city in W Saudi Arabia: the second most holy city of Islam (after Mecca), with the tomb of Mohammed; university (1960). Pop: 1 044 000 (2005 est) Arabic nameAl Madinah Ancient Arabic nameYathrib

medina

²

/ mɛˈdiːnə /

noun

1. See kasbah
   sometimes capital the ancient quarter of any of various North African cities Compare kasbah

Word History and Origins

Origin of medina¹

First recorded in 1905–10, medina is from the Arabic word madīna city

Word History and Origins

Origin of medina¹

C20: Arabic, literally: town

Example Sentences

Last August, a small-time classic rock cover band performed at a bar called 69 Taps in Medina, outside Cleveland.

From The Daily Beast

The thing is, the Zionist generation of partition was right: Kama Medina Ivrit.

From The Daily Beast

Once they begin, they could snowball and reach the major cities of the Hejaz, including Jeddah, Mecca, Taif, and Medina.

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Irma Lidia Medina, mother of Chenga and Gonzalo, accused of being the head of everything, owned the bordellos.

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Even the Holy Prophet talked to and had ceasefires with his enemies at Mecca and Medina.

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Now with the same wind, the 12th of July, the duke of Medina with his fleet departed from the Groin.

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The same may be said with respect to Medina, and I suspect that the towns of Yemen are generally poor in architectural remains.

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The fragments of the idol were distributed to Gazna, Mecca, and Medina.

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Certainly, soon after he was established at Medina, a great change took place in his mode of propagating his doctrines.

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He concluded to fly to Medina, where there were Jews, and some nominal converts to Christianity,--a new ground.

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