English Explanatory Dictionary

Medina

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam, 200 miles north of Mecca along the Hejaz, from which the Hijra was launched; contains Muhammad's tomb.
  2. A province of Saudi Arabia.
  3. A city, the county seat of Medina County, Ohio, named for the city in Saudi Arabia.
name
  1. A river, flowing south to north through the centre of the Isle of Wight, England; in full, the River Medina.
  2. A former borough of the Isle of Wight, England.
name
  1. A river in south central Texas, which gives its name to Medina County; in full, the Medina River.
  2. A surname from Spanish.
  3. A female given name transferred from the surname.
name
  1. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
  2. A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
  3. A community in Zorra Township, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A municipality and town in Cundinamarca department, Colombia.
  5. A municipal district of San Cristóbal province, Dominican Republic.
  6. A village in Tolna County, Hungary.
  7. A rural locality in Hurunui district, Canterbury, New Zealand; a short river named the Medina River is nearby.
  8. A municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
  9. A number of places in the United States:
  10. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Kansas.
  11. A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
  12. A village in Orleans County, New York.
noun
  1. The traditional, older or non-European area of a North African town.

Pronunciation

/məˈdinə/ en-us-Medina.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Medina.wav /məˈdiːnə/

Word forms

Medina Al Madinah Madinah medinas

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة (al-madīna, “the city”). Doublet of Mdina.

Related words

medina

Derived words

Medina County Medina del Campo

Translations

Acehnese: Madinah Albanian: Medina Arabic: الْمَدِينَة Arabic: الْمَدِينَةُ الْمُنَوَّرَة Armenian: Մեդինա Azerbaijani: Mədinə Bashkir: Мәҙинә Bengali: মদিনা Chechen: Мадинат Chinese Mandarin: 麥地那 /麦地那 Chinese Mandarin: 麥迪娜 /麦迪娜 Czech: Medína Dhivehi: މަދީނާ Finnish: Medina French: Médine Galician: Medina Georgian: მედინა German: Medina Greek: Μεδίνα Gujarati: મદીના Hausa: Madina Hebrew: מָדִינָה Hindi: मदीना Hungarian: Medina Indonesian: Madinah Ingush: Маддане Irish: Meidíne Japanese: マディーナ Javanese: Medinah Kannada: ಮದೀನಾ Kazakh: Медине Kazakh: Мәдине Korean: 메디나 Northern Kurdish: Medîne Kyrgyz: Медина Lak: Мадина Latin: Medina Latvian: Medīna Macedonian: Медина Malay: Madinah Malayalam: മദീന Marathi: मदीना Minangkabau: Madinah
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