medina
/məˈdiːnə/noun
medina is spelled M-E-D-I-N-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Medina, the name). As a noun, medina means “The traditional, older or non-European area of a North African town” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of medina is medinas.
How many letters and syllables are in medina?
| Letters | 6: M-E-D-I-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 19,077th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is medina?
Medina appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Medina, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce medina?
- UK /məˈdiːnə/
Medina has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with medina?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as medina from its last stressed vowel (/inə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: median, maiden, demain.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of medina
- medinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does medina mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Medina in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense old town of Arab cities:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does medina come from?
Borrowed from Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna, “town, city”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).