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(Economy, Latin medium, the golden mean.) Step-sister of Elissa and Perissa, but they could never agree upon any subject. (Spenser: Faërie Queene, book ii.)
Medina means in Arabic “city.” The city so called is “Medinat al Nabi” (city of the prophet).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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