# Medina

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /məˈdinə/ · frequency rank #19,135

## Definitions
1. A major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam, 200 miles north of Mecca along the Hejaz, from which the Hijra was launched; contains Muhammad's tomb.
2. A province of Saudi Arabia.
3. A city, the county seat of Medina County, Ohio, named for the city in Saudi Arabia.

## Etymology
From Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة (al-madīna, “the city”). Doublet of Mdina.

## Easily confused with
- **mina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medina-vs-mina)
- **Mein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medina-vs-mein)
- **MENA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medina-vs-mena)
- **Meena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medina-vs-meena)
- **medium** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medina-vs-medium)
- **Medusa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medina-vs-medusa)
- **Molina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medina-vs-molina)
- **merino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medina-vs-merino)
- **Modena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medina-vs-modena)
- **Melinda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medina-vs-melinda)
- **mending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medina-vs-mending)
- **Messina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medina-vs-messina)
- **media** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/media-vs-medina)
- **medic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-medina)
- **Medea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medea-vs-medina)
- **median** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/median-vs-medina)
- **marina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marina-vs-medina)
- **medial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medial-vs-medina)
- **Medici** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medici-vs-medina)
- **medical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medical-vs-medina)

## Common misspellings (7)
`emdina`, `mdeina`, `meddina`, `medinna`, `mednia`, `meidna`, `mmedina`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/medina