Medina

See also: medina, médina, and Medína

English

Etymology 1

From Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة (al-madīna, the city).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Medina

  1. A city, 200 miles north of Mecca along the Hejaz, from which the Hejira was launched; contains Muhammad's tomb.
  2. Various other cities; see Wikipedia article on Medina.
    1. A city in and the county seat of Medina County, Ohio, USA.

Derived terms

Translations
See also

Etymology 2

From Old English Meðune (the middle one) (Wikipedia).

Proper noun

Medina

  1. The River Medina, flowing south to north through the centre of the Isle of Wight

Etymology 3

Derived from the Spanish surname Medina.

Proper noun

Medina

  1. The Medina River in Texas, USA, which gives its name to Medina County (Texas).

Anagrams


Catalan

Proper noun

Medina f

  1. Medina
  2. A surname.

Czech

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Medina f

  1. Medina (city in Saudi Arabia, site of Muhammad’s tomb)

Derived terms

  • medinský

Further reading

  • Medina in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Portuguese

Proper noun

Medina f

  1. Medina (a city in Saudi Arabia)
  2. Medina (municipality of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Spanish

Proper noun

Medina ?

  1. Medina (a city in Saudi Arabia)
  2. A surname.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish.

Proper noun

Medina

  1. Medina (a city in Saudi Arabia)
  2. A surname.

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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