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Medina

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Me·di·na  (m-dn)
A city of western Saudi Arabia north of Mecca. The Mosque of the Prophet, containing Muhammad's tomb, is a holy site for Muslim pilgrims. Population: 918,000.
me·di·na  (m-dn)
n.
The old section of an Arab city in North Africa.
[Arabic madna, city, from Aramaic mdint, mdin, jurisdiction, district, from dn, to judge, administer; see dyn in Semitic roots.]
medina [mɛˈdiːnə]
n
(Social Science / Human Geography) (sometimes capital) the ancient quarter of any of various North African cities Compare kasbah
[Arabic, literally: town]
Medina [mɛˈdiːnə]
n
(Placename) a city in W Saudi Arabia: the second most holy city of Islam (after Mecca), with the tomb of Mohammed; university (1960). Pop.: 608 295 (1992) Arabic name Al Madinah Ancient Arabic name Yathrib
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Noun1.MedinaMedina - a city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam
Al Madinah
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia - an absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy
Hedjaz, Hejaz, Hijaz - a coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea; includes both Mecca and Medina; formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2.medina - the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa
quarter - a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"


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Sailing ninety leagues farther, you see the noted port of Jodda, where the pilgrims that go to Mecca and Medina unlade those rich presents which the zeal of different princes is every day accumulating at the tomb of Mahomet.
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There was an invitation given by a gentleman of my town, a very rich one, and one of quality, for he was one of the Alamos of Medina del Campo, and married to Dona Mencia de Quinones, the daughter of Don Alonso de Maranon, Knight of the Order of Santiago, that was drowned at the Herradura- him there was that quarrel about years ago in our village, that my master Don Quixote was mixed up in, to the best of my belief, that Tomasillo the scapegrace, the son of Balbastro the smith, was wounded in.
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In 1857 he worked up farther to the northward, and invested the fortification of Medina, built by the French on the bank of the river.
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