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medina

Arabic madīna 'city' is an old loan from Aramaic. It became the name of the Prophet's city, then the word for the old walled quarter of North African towns, and it is still found in Spanish town names and in Malta's old capital.

Weakest linkProbable

The road to English

From Arabic to Andalusian Arabic, Old Spanish

From Arabic to Maltese

From English to American English

500 BCEAramaic

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