al-Mada'in

== English == === Etymology === From Arabic اَلْمَدَائِن (al-madāʔin, literally “The Cities”) (plural of مَدِينَة (madīna)), calque of the Aramaic name. === Proper noun === al-Mada'in An historical Sassanian Persian metropolis on the Tigris between the ancient royal centers of Ctesiphon and Seleucia-on-Tigris. ==== Translations ====