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medina

/məˈdinə/UK/məˈdiːnə/

medina noun: the traditional, older or non-European area of a North African town.

Noun

medina (plural medinas)

  1. The traditional, older or non-European area of a North African town.
    • Although Hicham usually worked in the new town, he still lived in the medina.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Medina

Medina

  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.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Medina

Medina

  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.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Medina

Medina

  1. A river in south central Texas, which gives its name to Medina County; in full, the Medina River.
  2. A surname from Spanish.
    • “It’s a great message that we’re sending not only here in Huntington Park but in other cities as well,” Medina added.2015 August 8, Michael Martinez and Jaqueline Hurtado, “Undocumented immigrants picked for city posts say U.S. ‘progressing’”, in CNN
  3. A female given name transferred from the surname.

Proper noun (4) capitalized: Medina

Medina

  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. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Kansas.
  10. A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
  11. A village in the towns of Shelby and Ridgeway, Orleans County, New York.
  12. A tiny city in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
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  1. A small city in Gibson County, Tennessee.
  2. An unincorporated community in Bandera County, Texas.
  3. A census-designated place in Zapata County, Texas.
  4. A small city in King County, Washington.
  5. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
  6. A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
  7. An unincorporated community in the town of Dale, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.

medina meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

medina in Hindi

मदीना, मदिना

medina in Marathi

मदीना, मदिना

medina in Bengali

মদিনা

medina in Telugu

మదీనా
More languagesFewer languages
medina in Malayalam
മദീന, മദിനാ
medina in Kannada
ಮದೀನಾ
medina in Punjabi
ਮਦੀਨਾ, ਮਦਿਨਾ
medina in Gujarati
મદીના, મદિના
medina in Odia
ମଦିନା, ମଦୀନା
medina in Nepali
मदीना
medina in Arabic
مَدِينَة عَتِيقَة madīna ʕatīqa, مَدِينَة قَدِيمَة madīna qadīma

Forms of medina

Noun
pluralmedinas
Proper noun
alternative formAl Madinah
alternative formMadinah

Plural of medina: medinas

Origin of medina

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

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

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

Words formed from medina

Questions about medina

What does medina mean?
Medina means the traditional, older or non-European area of a North African town.
What is medina in Hindi?
Medina in Hindi is मदीना, मदिना. See Medina meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is medina?
Medina can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce medina?
Medina is pronounced /məˈdiːnə/ (UK).
What is the plural of medina?
The plural of medina is medinas.

Words near medina in the dictionary

  1. medimnoi
  2. medimnos
  3. medimns
  4. medimnus
  5. Medin
  6. medina
  7. Medina County
  8. Medina del Campo
  9. Medinan
  10. Medinans
  11. medinas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: medina (page history and authors); Medina (page history and authors); medina (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); medina (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); medina (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); medina (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); medina (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); medina (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); medina (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); medina (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); medina (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); medina (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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