مدينة mudayna

English translation: small town

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Arabic term or phrase:مدينة mudayna
English translation:small town
Entered by: Amira Mansour

20:22 Jan 23, 2008
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Folklore / Old name for Madrid?
Arabic term or phrase: مدينة mudayna
Greetings,

This word seems to have been used (as Almudena) to describe Madrid in days gone by, presumably then a small town, as it would seem to be a diminutive. But is its meaning restricted to “small town”? Could it also mean “castle”?

Incidentally, why isn't it in the Hans Wehr dictionary? Is it because there simply isn't enough space to include regularly formed diminutives?

All the best,

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:07
small town
Explanation:
It's really a diminutive, and I would say it small town. By the way, the meanings of diminutives aren't mentioned in most of dictionaries of all languages, not only in Hans Wehr.
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Amira Mansour
Egypt
Local time: 13:07
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amky
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small town


Explanation:
It's really a diminutive, and I would say it small town. By the way, the meanings of diminutives aren't mentioned in most of dictionaries of all languages, not only in Hans Wehr.

Amira Mansour
Egypt
Local time: 13:07
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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many thanks excellent

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little town


Explanation:
مدينة تصغير لكلمة مدينة

Example sentence(s):
  • هذه المدينة تقوم على النهر الذي يمدها بالماء

    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=gmail&q=little%20town
amky
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 14:07
Native speaker of: Arabic
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