Medina

• Al Madinah (for the city in Saudi Arabia)
• Madinah

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

• IPA^(key): /məˈdinə/

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Medina

2. 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.
4. A province of Saudi Arabia.
5. A city, the county seat of Medina County, Ohio, named for the city in Saudi Arabia.

Inherited from Old English Meðune (“the middle one”).

Medina

1. A river, flowing south to north through the centre of the Isle of Wight, England; in full, the River Medina.
2. A former borough of the Isle of Wight, England.

From Spanish Medina.

Medina

1. A river in south central Texas, which gives its name to Medina County; in full, the Medina River.
2. A surname from Spanish.
3. A female given name transferred from the surname.

• Medina County

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Medina

2. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
4. A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
6. A community in Zorra Township, Ontario, Canada.
8. A municipality and town in Cundinamarca department, Colombia.
9. A municipal district of San Cristóbal province, Dominican Republic.
10. A village in Tolna County, Hungary.
11. A rural locality in Hurunui district, Canterbury, New Zealand; a short river named the Medina River is nearby. ^[1]
12. A municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
13. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Kansas.
    2. A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
    3. A village in Orleans County, New York.
    4. A tiny city in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
    5. A small city in Gibson County, Tennessee.
    6. An unincorporated community in Bandera County, Texas.
    7. A census-designated place in Zapata County, Texas.
    8. A small city in King County, Washington.
    9. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
    10. A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
    11. An unincorporated community in the town of Dale, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.

• medina

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

Medina f

1. Medina (a major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia; holy to Islam)
2. Medina (a province of Saudi Arabia)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈði.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [meˈði.na]

Medina f

1. Medina (a major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia; holy to Islam)
2. Medina (a province of Saudi Arabia)

Medina m or f by sense

1. a surname

• medinès

From Spanish Medina. The municipality in Misamis Oriental is named after Medina-Sidonia in Spain.

• Hyphenation: Me‧di‧na
• IPA^(key): /meˈdina/ [meˈd̪i.n̪ɐ]

Medina

1. a surname from Spanish
2. Medina (a municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɟɪna]

Medina f (relational adjective medinský)

1. (rare or archaic) alternative form of Medína:
   1. Medina (a major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia; holy to Islam)
   2. Medina (a province of Saudi Arabia)

• “Medina”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

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Medina f (genitive Medina, plural Medinas)

1. medina (old town in North African cities)

Medina n (proper noun, strong, genitive Medinas)

1. Medina (a major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia; holy to Islam)
2. Medina (a province of Saudi Arabia)

• “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

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛdinɒ]
• Hyphenation: Me‧di‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة (al-madīna, “Medina”, literally “the city”).

Medina

1. Medina (a major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia; holy to Islam)
2. Medina (a province of Saudi Arabia)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Medina

1. a village in Tolna County, Hungary

• Almidīna
• Yathrēbum (pre-Islamic)

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة (al-madīna).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛˈdiː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [meˈd̪iː.na]

Medīna f sg (genitive Medīnae); first declension

1. (post-Classical) Medina (Arabic city in modern Saudi Arabia)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Homophone: medina
• Hyphenation: Me‧di‧na

Medina f

1. Medina (a major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia; holy to Islam)
2. Medina (a province of Saudi Arabia)
3. Medina (a municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Medina m or f

1. a surname

• IPA^(key): [ˈmeɟina]

Medina f (genitive singular Mediny, declension pattern of žena)

1. Medina (a major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia; holy to Islam)
2. Medina (a province of Saudi Arabia)

• “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, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /meˈdina/ [meˈð̞i.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: Me‧di‧na

Medina ?

1. Medina (a major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia; holy to Islam)
2. Medina (a province of Saudi Arabia)
3. a surname

Borrowed from Spanish Medina.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /meˈdina/ [mɛˈd̪iː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: Me‧di‧na

Medina (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇᜒᜈ)

1. Medina (a major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia; holy to Islam)
2. Medina (a province of Saudi Arabia)
3. Medina (a municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines)
4. a surname from Spanish

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Medina is the 36^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 110,717 individuals.