Etymology

medina

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Today it means: The traditional, older or non-European area of a North African town. Full definition →

Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna) ← Aramaic מְדִינְתָּא (məḏīntā)
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medina · noun1

  1. Aramaicמְדִינְתָּא (məḏīntā)
  2. Arabicمَدِينَة (madīna)
  3. English todaymedina

Borrowed from Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna, “town, city”).

Medina · proper noun2

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromاَلْمَدِينَة“the city”
  2. English todayMedina

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

Medina · proper noun3

  1. Old English · derived frommedume“the middle one”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromMedine
  3. English todayMedina

Inherited from Middle English Medine, from Old English medume (“the middle one”).

Medina · proper noun4

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromMedina
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromMedina
  3. English todayMedina

Borrowed from Spanish Medina.

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