Medina

See also: medina, médina, and Medína

English

Etymology 1

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

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Proper noun

Medina

  1. A city, 200 miles north of Mecca along the Hejaz, from which the Hejira was launched; contains Muhammad's tomb.
  2. Various other cities of that name; see Wikipedia article on Medina.
    1. A city in and the county seat of Medina County, Ohio, USA.

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Translations
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Etymology 2

From Old English Meðune (“the middle one”) (Wikipedia). The river in Texas is included here for convenience.

Proper noun

Medina

  1. The River Medina, flowing south to north through the centre of the Isle of Wight
  2. The Medina River in Texas, USA, which gives its name to Medina County (Texas). Derived from the Spanish surname Medina.

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Catalan

Proper noun

Medina f

  1. Medina

Czech

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Medina f

  1. Medina (city in Saudi Arabia, site of Muhammad’s tomb)

Derived terms

  • medinský

Further reading

  • Medina in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Portuguese

Proper noun

Medina f

  1. Medina (a city in Saudi Arabia)
  2. Medina (municipality of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Spanish

Proper noun

Medina ?

  1. Medina (a city in Saudi Arabia)
  2. A surname​.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish.

Proper noun

Medina

  1. Medina (a city in Saudi Arabia)
  2. A surname​.

Statistics

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

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