Medina (disambiguation)
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Medina or madinah is Arabic for "city". As such it has been used to name particular places.
[edit] Name of cities
- In Saudi Arabia, one of the three holiest in Islam, see Medina
- In Pakistan
- Madina Colony, a neighborhood in Karachi
- Madina Town, in Punjab province
- In Ghana
- Madina a large town in the Ga East District of the Greater Accra Region.
- In the Philippines, Medina, Misamis Oriental
- In Spain
- Medina Azahara, a ruined palace near Córdoba
- Medinaceli, a town in Soria
- Medina del Campo, a town in Valladolid province
- Medina de Pomar, a town in Burgos.
- Medina de Rioseco, a town in Valladolid province
- Medina-Sidonia, a town in Cádiz province
- In the United States
- In Colombia
- Medina, a municipality in the Cundinamarca Department
- In the Dominican Republic
- Medina, Dominican Republic, a municipal district in the San Cristóbal province
[edit] Other geographical names
- River Medina - a river on the Isle of Wight
- Medina, England - a former borough of the Isle of Wight
- alternate spelling of Mdina, a town on Malta
- Medina, Mali - the site where Umar Tall's war against Khasso and France began in 1857
- Medina, Western Australia - a suburb of Perth
- Medina, Hungary - a village in Tolna County
[edit] Other meanings
- medina quarter - the old Arab or non-European quarter of a North African town.
- Medina Division (2nd Al Madina Armored Division) of the Iraqi Republican Guard
- Medina - a German-style board game.
- Medina is also the name of a fictional town in the popular RPG Chrono Trigger, from whence Magus led the Mystics in the war against Guardia.
- "Funky Cold Medina" is a 1989 song by Tone Loc
- The Medina standard is used to describe command responsibility.
- the title Earl of Medina in the Peerage of the United Kingdom is held by the Marquess of Milford Haven and is borne as a courtesy title by the heir-apparent to the Marquessate.
- Medina is the Hebrew word for Country or State, as in Medinat Yisra'el.
- Medina is the name of a Moroccan nightclub in Edinburgh.
- SS Medina is a former name of the MV Doulos, a former passenger liner.
- Ann Medina, award-winning journalist.
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