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Medina Sidonia

town in the province of Cádizciudad de la provincia de Cádiz

Comes from Arabic

مَدِينَة شَذُونَة

madīnat shadhūna

“the city of Shadhūna (Roman Asido)”«la ciudad de Shadhūna (la Asido romana)»

Arabic today says

مَدِينَة شَذُونَة

madīnat shadhūna

And it still does

Root

م د ن

m-d-n

The article

It came in without the article.

Arabic itself had taken it from Latin.

The story

Medina is madīna, "city"; Sidonia is the Roman name Asido, which in Arabic became Shadhūna (the Andalusi province was called kūrat Shadhūna). The word madīna itself is considered an old loan from Aramaic.Medina es madīna, «ciudad»; Sidonia es el nombre romano Asido, que en árabe fue Shadhūna (la provincia andalusí se llamaba kūrat Shadhūna). La palabra madīna, a su vez, se considera un préstamo antiguo del arameo.

In a sentence

Desde Medina Sidonia se ve el mar en días claros.

On clear days you can see the sea from Medina Sidonia.

مِن شَذُونَة يُرَى البَحْر في الأَيَّام الصَّافِيَة.

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