medina

noun

me·​di·​na mə-ˈdē-nə 

: the non-European part of a northern African city

Examples of medina in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Kaddour El Miny used to sell water to shoppers in the medina. — Houston Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2020

There are worse places to be lost than the old medina of Tunis, a dizzying labyrinth of ancient alleyways. — New York Times, 12 Jan. 2021

Located close to the Jemaa El Fna square, the property cocoons its guests in a medina within a medina. — Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025

Located in the middle of the old medina, Dar el Bacha was once a private palace, built by the Pasha of Marrakech in the 1910s. — Rachel King, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2020

Word History

Etymology

Arabic madīna city

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for medina

• angina
• vagina
• yaquina

Geographical Definition

Medina

geographical name

Me·​di·​na

1

mə-ˈdē-nə  or Arabic Al Madīnah

ˌäl-mä-ˈdē-nə 

city in western Saudi Arabia population 1,100,000

Note: Medina is the second most important holy city of Islam.

2

mə-ˈdī-nə  city in northern Ohio west-northwest of Akron population 26,678