Medina

Meaning

1. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
2. A river, flowing south to north through the centre of the Isle of Wight, England; in full, the River Medina.
3. A surname from Spanish.
4. A municipality and town in Cundinamarca department, Colombia.
5. A province of Saudi Arabia.
6. A municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
7. The traditional, older or non-European area of a North African town.
8. A rural locality in Hurunui district, Canterbury, New Zealand; a short river named the Medina River is nearby.
9. A community in Zorra Township, Ontario, Canada.
10. A village in Tolna County, Hungary.
11. A former borough of the Isle of Wight, England.
12. A river in south central Texas, which gives its name to Medina County; in full, the Medina River.
13. A municipal district of San Cristóbal province, Dominican Republic.
14. A female given name transferred from the surname.
15. A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
16. 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.
17. A city, the county seat of Medina County, Ohio, named for the city in Saudi Arabia.

Etymology / origin

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

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