medina
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna, “town, city”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmedina (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
editold town of Arab cities
See also
editAnagrams
editSpanish
editNoun
editmedina f (plural medinas)
Further reading
edit- “medina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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