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1. (n.) medina
the old native residential district of a North African city.
2. (n.) Medina
a city in W Saudi Arabia, where Muhammad was first accepted as the Prophet and where his tomb is located. 198,196.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Medina, Al Madinah
a city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam
2. (noun) medina
the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa
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1. Medina
(lit. the city) (76), called also Medina-en-Nabi, 210 m. N. of Mecca, the City of the Prophet, as the place in which he found refuge after his "flight" from Mecca in 632; it was here he from that date lived, where he died, and where his tomb is, in a beautiful and rich mosque called El Haram (i. e. the inviolate), erected on the site of the prophet's house. See Hegira.
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