מְדִינָה, [jurisdiction,] district, country. Maas. Sh. III, 4 (contrad. to Jerusalem). R. Hash. IV, 3; Succ. III, 12 (contrad. to the Sanctuary); a. fr.—In gen. province; large town, capital. Pes. 51ᵃ כל המ׳ all the people of the place. Gen. R. s. 50, end, v. עִירוֹנִי. Esth. R. to I, 1 כל מקום שנ׳ … עיר מ׳ מ׳ אפרכיה wherever ʿir is used in the Scriptures, it means a capital, wherever m’dinah is used, it means an hyparchia (province); a. fr.