Show medina medina the he holy city which has be been rejoicing ov over ertho the opening of the hedjazi railway triumphed long ago over all the rivals in various parts or of the world which bore tho the samo same name which means simple clity city notable among them were tho the old capital of malts malta and medina sid onla in spain which gave his title to tho the armada duke the arabian city was originally known as Yat hrib but owes its later name el medina the city or Aled luat rasul allah the city of the apostle of god to the koran to a good mohammedan as to a good londoner there is only one city with a big C the nine or ten medinas in the united states aro are namesakes no doup doubt but the river medina in tho the islo isle of wight is obviously no relation it has been guessed that this name arid and medway madway simply mean mid river |