English edit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From Arabic اَلْمَدَائِن (al-madāʔin, literally The Cities) (plural of مَدِينَة (madīna)), calque of the Aramaic name.

Proper noun edit

al-Mada'in

  1. An historical Sassanian Persian metropolis on the Tigris between the ancient royal centers of Ctesiphon and Seleucia-on-Tigris.

Translations edit