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Noun: medina  mu'dee-nu
  1. The traditional, typically walled, old Arab quarter of a North African city
    "The medina was a maze of small shops and traditional houses"
Noun: Medina  mu'dee-nu
  1. A city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam
    - Al Madinah

Derived forms: medinas, Medinas

Type of: city, metropolis, quarter, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Hedjaz, Hejaz, Hijaz, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia

Encyclopedia: Medina, Ohio