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al-Mada'in

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Etymology

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From Arabic اَلْمَدَائِن (al-madāʔin, literally The Cities) (plural of مَدِينَة (madīna)), calque of the Aramaic name.

Proper noun

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al-Mada'in

  1. An historical Sassanian Persian metropolis on the Tigris between the ancient royal centers of Ctesiphon and Seleucia-on-Tigris.

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