Show medina medina the holy city which bas been rejoicing over the opening ot the railway triumphed long 06 ago over all the he rivals in parta fit the world wh which aab bore bora the same name which meang simple city notable among them were the old capi capital ol of malta and medina sidonia in spain which gave his bis title to tho the armada duke the arabian city was originally n I 1 known as Yat hrib but bot owes owea its later name el medina the ci city or rasul allah the city of the tha apostle of 0 god to tho the koran toa good mohammedan as to a good londoner thero there Is only one city with a big C the ninnor nine or ten medinas la in the united stated are namesakes no doubt but the river medina in the islo ol of wight Is obviously no relation it has ins been guessed that this namo name and aua simply mean mid river |