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Souq vs Medina - What's the difference?

souq | medina |

As nouns the difference between souq and medina

is that souq is a street market, particularly in Arabic- and Somali-speaking countries; a place where people buy and sell goods; a bazaar while medina is the traditional, old or non-European area of a North African town.

As a proper noun Medina is

a city, 200 miles north of Mecca along the Hejaz, from which the Hejira was launched; contains Muhammad's tomb.

souq

English

(wikipedia souq)

Alternative forms

* souk, suq, sooq, sook

Noun

(en noun)
  • A street market, particularly in Arabic- and Somali-speaking countries; a place where people buy and sell goods; a bazaar.
  • A mess — derived from French slang, and the lively chaos of a souq1.

    • Synonyms

    * bazaar, market, emporium, mart, forum, agora.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "souq") English words containing Q not followed by U ----

    medina

    English

    (wikipedia Medina)

    Alternative forms

    * Al Madinah

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A city, 200 miles north of Mecca along the Hejaz, from which the Hejira was launched; contains Muhammad's tomb.
  • Various other cities of that name; see Wikipedia article on .

    • See also

    * medina

    Anagrams

    * ----