medinan.

Brit.

/mɛˈdiːnə/,

/mᵻˈdiːnə/, U.S.

/məˈdinə/

Forms: 1900s– madina, 1900s– madinah, 1900s– medina. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic madīna.

Etymology: < Arabic madīna town, city. Compare French médina (1721).

The old walled part of a North African town. Hence formerly (in colonial times): the non-European section of a North African town (now historical).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > inhabited by similar people > Arab

kasbah1902

medina1906

1906 D. Sladen Carthage & Tunis II. i. 330 Inside, these great houses of the Medina are just as stately.

1935 G. Gorer Afr. Dances i. vii. 76 The dispossessed negroes went to live in the Medina, a geometrical ghetto of one-room stone huts.

1950 R. Landau Invitation to Morocco iii. 28 Leaving the native medina surrounded by its ancient walls untouched, he erected outside it an entirely new town.

1972 Country Life 17 Feb. 414/3 The different quarters of the town: the kasba or quarter of government officials and Europeans; the Medina or Moorish quarter and the Mellah or Jewish town.

1985 K. Williams Just Williams x. 177 The medina there was like a labyrinth and guides had a habit of disappearing once they got hold of a few dirhams.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medina
释义	medinan. Brit. /mɛˈdiːnə/, /mᵻˈdiːnə/, U.S. /məˈdinə/ Forms: 1900s– madina, 1900s– madinah, 1900s– medina. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic madīna. Etymology: < Arabic madīna town, city. Compare French médina (1721). The old walled part of a North African town. Hence formerly (in colonial times): the non-European section of a North African town (now historical). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > inhabited by similar people > Arab kasbah1902 medina1906 1906 D. Sladen Carthage & Tunis II. i. 330 Inside, these great houses of the Medina are just as stately. 1935 G. Gorer Afr. Dances i. vii. 76 The dispossessed negroes went to live in the Medina, a geometrical ghetto of one-room stone huts. 1950 R. Landau Invitation to Morocco iii. 28 Leaving the native medina surrounded by its ancient walls untouched, he erected outside it an entirely new town. 1972 Country Life 17 Feb. 414/3 The different quarters of the town: the kasba or quarter of government officials and Europeans; the Medina or Moorish quarter and the Mellah or Jewish town. 1985 K. Williams Just Williams x. 177 The medina there was like a labyrinth and guides had a habit of disappearing once they got hold of a few dirhams. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1906
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