medina
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna, “town, city”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /məˈdiːnə/
Noun
medina (plural medinas)
- 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
See also
Anagrams
- Damien, Eidman, Maiden, Manide, Median, Midean, aidmen, demain, maenid, maiden, mained, median, meidan
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛˈdi.na/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: me‧di‧na
Noun
medina f
- alternative form of medyna
Declension
Declension of medina
Further reading
- medina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈdina/ [meˈð̞i.na]
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: me‧di‧na
Noun
medina f (plural medinas)
Further reading
- “medina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024