Medina
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- Al Madinah (for the city in Saudi Arabia)
- Madinah
Etymology edit
- The city in Saudi Arabia is derived from Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة (al-madīna, “the city”).
- The river and former borough on the Isle of Wight are derived from Old English Meðune (“the middle one”).
- The river and county in Texas are derived from the Spanish surname Medina.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Medina
- The capital city of the Medina region, Saudi Arabia; a city, holy to Islam, 200 miles north of Mecca along the Hejaz, from which the Hejira was launched; contains Muhammad's tomb.
- A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
- A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
- A community in Zorra Township, Ontario, Canada.
- A municipality and town in the Cundinamarca department, Colombia.
- A municipal district of San Cristóbal province, Dominican Republic.
- A river, the River Medina, flowing south to north through the centre of the Isle of Wight, England.
- A former borough of the Isle of Wight, England.
- A village in Tolna County, Hungary.
- A rural locality in Hurunui district, Canterbury, New Zealand; a short river named the Medina River is nearby. [1]
- A municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Kansas.
- A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
- A village in Orleans County, New York.
- A tiny city in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
- A city, the county seat of Medina County, Ohio, named for the city in Saudi Arabia.
- A small city in Gibson County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in Bandera County, Texas.
- A census-designated place in Zapata County, Texas.
- A river, the Medina River, in south central Texas, which gives its name to Medina County.
- A small city in King County, Washington.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
- A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Dale, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
- A surname from Spanish.
- A female given name transferred from the surname
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References edit
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Proper noun edit
Medina f
- Medina (the capital city of the Medina region, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam)
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Medina f
- Medina (the capital city of the Medina region, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam)
Proper noun edit
Medina m or f by sense
- a surname
Derived terms edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish Medina. The municipality in Misamis Oriental is named after Medina-Sidonia in Spain.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Medina
- a surname from Spanish
- Medina (a municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines)
Czech edit
Proper noun edit
Medina f (related adjective medinský)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- Medina in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
Medina f (genitive Medina, plural Medinas)
- medina (old town in North African cities)
Declension edit
Proper noun edit
Medina n (proper noun, strong, genitive Medinas)
- Medina (the capital city of the Medina region, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam)
Further reading edit
- “Medina” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Medina” in Duden online
- “Medina (Stadtteil, Viertel, Gesamtheit)” in Duden online
- Medina on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة (al-madīna, “Medina”, literally “the city”).
Proper noun edit
Medina
- Medina (the capital city of the Medina Region in western Saudi Arabia; the second-holiest city in Islam)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Medina | — |
accusative | Medinát | — |
dative | Medinának | — |
instrumental | Medinával | — |
causal-final | Medináért | — |
translative | Medinává | — |
terminative | Medináig | — |
essive-formal | Medinaként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Medinában | — |
superessive | Medinán | — |
adessive | Medinánál | — |
illative | Medinába | — |
sublative | Medinára | — |
allative | Medinához | — |
elative | Medinából | — |
delative | Medináról | — |
ablative | Medinától | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Medináé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Medináéi | — |
Possessive forms of Medina | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Medinám | — |
2nd person sing. | Medinád | — |
3rd person sing. | Medinája | — |
1st person plural | Medinánk | — |
2nd person plural | Medinátok | — |
3rd person plural | Medinájuk | — |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Medina
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Medina | — |
accusative | Medinát | — |
dative | Medinának | — |
instrumental | Medinával | — |
causal-final | Medináért | — |
translative | Medinává | — |
terminative | Medináig | — |
essive-formal | Medinaként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Medinában | — |
superessive | Medinán | — |
adessive | Medinánál | — |
illative | Medinába | — |
sublative | Medinára | — |
allative | Medinához | — |
elative | Medinából | — |
delative | Medináról | — |
ablative | Medinától | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Medináé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Medináéi | — |
Possessive forms of Medina | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Medinám | — |
2nd person sing. | Medinád | — |
3rd person sing. | Medinája | — |
1st person plural | Medinánk | — |
2nd person plural | Medinátok | — |
3rd person plural | Medinájuk | — |
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة (al-madīna).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /meˈdiː.na/, [mɛˈd̪iːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /meˈdi.na/, [meˈd̪iːnä]
Proper noun edit
Medīna f sg (genitive Medīnae); first declension
- (post-Classical) Medina (Arabic city in modern Saudi Arabia)
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Medīna |
Genitive | Medīnae |
Dative | Medīnae |
Accusative | Medīnam |
Ablative | Medīnā |
Vocative | Medīna |
Locative | Medīnae |
Portuguese edit
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Proper noun edit
Medina f
- Medina (the capital city of the Medina region, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam)
- Medina (a municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Proper noun edit
Medina m or f
- a surname
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Medina f (genitive singular Mediny, declension pattern of žena)
- Medina (a city in Saudi Arabia)
References edit
- “Medina”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Medina ?
- Medina (the capital city of the Medina region, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam)
- a surname
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Me‧di‧na
Proper noun edit
Medina (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇᜒᜈ)
- Medina (the capital city of the Medina region, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam)
- Medina (a municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines)
- a surname from Spanish
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Medina is the 36th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 110,717 individuals.