Definition of "medina" [medina]

• The old section of an Arab city in North Africa. (noun)

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• "It also provided a fine view of the medina from the rooftop, where you felt a bit like a bee in a large honeycomb."
• "The city was a lot larger than we expected and had the old quarter near the port which was commonly called medina in Arabic and a newer modern part of town."
• "This system brings Tetouan's underground streams to the city's historic nucleus (known as the medina) via a gravity-driven network of interlocking clay pipes."