medina

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Medina is one of the three holiest places in Islam.

Medina or Madinah may also refer to:

Place names

Australia

• Medina, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth

Brazil

• Medina, Minas Gerais, a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais

Colombia

• Medina, Cundinamarca, a municipality in the Cundinamarca Department

Dominican Republic

• Medina, Dominican Republic, a municipal district in San Cristóbal (province)

Ghana

• Madina, Ghana, a large town in the Ga East District of the Greater Accra Region

Hungary

• Medina, Hungary, a village in Tolna County

Israel

• Medīnat Yisrā'el, the official name of the state of Israel in Hebrew

Mali

• Siege of Medina Fort, an 1857 battle in present-day Mali, where Umar Tall's war against Khasso and France began in 1857

Malta

• Mdina, a city in Malta

Pakistan

• Madina Colony (New Karachi Town), Union Council (U.C. # 7) of New Karachi Town, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
• Madina Colony (Orangi Town), Union Council (U.C. # 5) of Orangi Town, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
• Madina Town, in Punjab province

The Philippines

• Medina, Misamis Oriental

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

United Kingdom

• Medina, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, a former borough
• River Medina, a river on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

United States

• Medinah, Illinois
• Medina, Minnesota
• Medina, New York
• Medina, North Dakota
• Medina, Ohio
• Medina, Tennessee
• Medina, Texas
• Medina, Washington
• Medina, Wisconsin
• Medina, Outagamie County, Wisconsin
• Medina River, in Texas

People

• Dukes of Medina Sidonia, a Spanish noble family
• Earl of Medina, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spanish tennis player
• Ann Medina, award-winning journalist
• Bartolomé de Medina, Spanish Catholic theologian (died 1581)
• Ernest Medina, US Army captain who was the commanding officer of the unit responsible for the My Lai Massacre
  • The Medina standard, used to describe command responsibility, is based on the charges in the trial of Ernest Medina
• José Medina, Venezuelan weightlifter
• José Medina (cyclist), Chilean track and road cyclist
• Lina Medina, Peruvian child mother
• Luis Medina (baseball)
• Luis Medina (athlete), Cuban middle distance runner
• Medina (singer), a Danish singer
• Tulia Angela Medina, Colombian weightlifter

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 (board game), a German-style board game
• "Funky Cold Medina", a 1989 song by Tone Loc
• SS Medina, a former name of the MV Doulos, a former passenger liner
• Medina, the name of a place in Chrono Trigger

See also

• Madina (disambiguation)

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