In due course, usage caused a contraction of this name to be adopted simply as “Medina” – “the City,” and that's what the name of the city of the Prophet of Islam has remained ever since.
Kwa wakati ufaao, matumizi yalisababisha mkato wa jina hili kupitishwa kwa urahisi kama “Madina” – “Mji,” na hilo ndilo jina la mji wa Mtume wa Uislamu limebakia tangu wakati huo.