Medina
English
Etymology 1
From Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة (al-madīna, “the city”).
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Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Medina
- A city, 200 miles north of Mecca along the Hejaz, from which the Hejira was launched; contains Muhammad's tomb.
- Various other cities; see Wikipedia article on Medina.
- A city in and the county seat of Medina County, Ohio, USA.
Derived terms
Translations
a city
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Etymology 2
From Old English Meðune (“the middle one”) (Wikipedia).
Czech
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- medinský
Portuguese
Proper noun
Medina f
- Medina (a city in Saudi Arabia)
- Medina (municipality of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Spanish
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish.
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Medina is the 36th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 110,717 individuals.
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