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Almudena - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Almudena
 
 



[ syll. al-mu-de-na, alm-ud-ena ] The girl name Almudena is pronounced aaLMUHDIYNah KEY. Almudena's origin is Arabic, and its use, Spanish. Biblical name derived from the word almedinah which means 'the city'. The Virgin of Almudena (Santa María la Real de la Almudena) is used to refer to Mary, who is also the patron saint of Madrid. Almudena is the Spanish name for the original Arabic city center of Madrid, which is of the Arabic 'almedinah'.

Almudena is a baby girl name of irregular use. It is not ranked within the top 1000.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Almudena: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; UH as in "hood (HH.UH.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


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