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Yethrib

Yethrib is the alternative form of Yathrib.

Meaning of Yathrib

Proper noun

Yathrib

  1. (historical) the original name of Medina before the advent of Islam
    • Muhammad did not have to wait more than a few years before the first signs of victory began to loom on the horizon, in the direction of Yathrib.1976, Muḥammad Ḥusayn Haykal, The Life of Muhammad, The Other Press, →ISBN, page 164

Questions about Yethrib

What is Yethrib the alternative form of?
Yethrib is the alternative form of Yathrib.

Words near Yethrib in the dictionary

  1. yet alone
  2. yet's
  3. yete
  4. Yetholm
  5. Yetholme
  6. Yethrib
  7. yeti
  8. yeti boot
  9. yeti boots
  10. yeti crab
  11. yeti crabs

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