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Where does “Medina” come from?

Medina comes from Arabic al-madīnah, originally meaning "the city," from the root denoting an inhabited place.

Medina (English): the city in Saudi Arabia

Definitions

  1. the city in Saudi Arabia

Ancestry of “Medina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicاَلْمَدِينَةMedina; the city

Words derived from “Medina”

  • Medinan
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