Media

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See also: media, média, medía, mediá, and Mèdia

English

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 Media on Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin Mēdia, from Ancient Greek Μηδία (Mēdía), from Μῆδος (Mêdos), from *Mada (vocalization uncertain), the Old Median language self-designator signifying speakers of the Median language. Compare Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Māda). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”) i.e. central kingdom, cognate with Sanskrit मध्य (mádhya).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Media

  1. (historical) A region in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes
  2. (historical) The territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media.
  3. A place in the United States:
    1. A township and village therein, in Henderson County, Illinois.
    2. A ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas.
    3. A borough, the county seat of Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • “Media”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin media.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Me‧dia
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Noun

Media f (genitive Media, plural Medien or Mediä or Mediae)

  1. (linguistics) media

Declension

Declension of Media
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Media die Medien, Mediä, Mediae
genitive einer der Media der Medien, Mediä, Mediae
dative einer der Media den Medien, Mediä, Mediaen
accusative eine die Media die Medien, Mediä, Mediae

Further reading

Polish

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Media f

  1. Media

Declension

Declension of Media
singular
nominative Media
genitive Medii
dative Medii
accusative Medię
instrumental Medią
locative Medii
vocative Medio

Further reading

  • Media in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

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Proper noun

Media f

  1. (historical) Media
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