medina
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna, “town, city”).
Pronunciation
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
Spanish
Noun
medina f (plural medinas)
Further reading
- “medina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014