medina

See also: Medina, médina, and Medína

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna, “town, city”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈdiːnə/

Noun

medina (plural medinas)

1. The traditional, older or non-European area of a North African town.

   Although Hicham usually worked in the new town, he still lived in the medina.

Translations

old town of Arab cities

• Arabic: مَدِينَة عَتِيقَة f (madīna ʕatīqa), مَدِينَة قَدِيمَة f (madīna qadīma)
• Czech: medina (cs) f
• French: médina (fr) f
• Portuguese: almedina f, medina f
• Russian: меди́на (ru) f (medína)
• Spanish: medina (es) f

See also

• Medina

Anagrams

• Damien, Eidman, Maiden, Manide, Median, Midean, aidmen, demain, maenid, maiden, mained, median, meidan

Spanish

Noun

medina f (plural medinas)

1. medina

Further reading

• “medina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16